Immunisation practice in an inner city clinic.
The immunisation process in one inner city child health clinic was examined. Only 5% of the children had completed their immunisation courses within the recommended time span. However, by the age of three years 78% of children had received three injections with either triple vaccines or Dip/Tet vaccine and 63% of children had been immunisated against measles. Many children are immunised at ages which differ markedly from those recommended. The implications of this are discussed.
D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014505:Urban Population