Total no. | No. (%) referred by the maternity staff | No. (%) given BCG* | |
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*Some infants missed by the maternity staff received BCG vaccination following subsequent referral by the primary care staff such as the general practitioners and health visitors. | |||
Indian subcontinent | 283 | 173 (61) | 197 (70) |
Black African | 68 | 3 (4) | 6 (9) |
Black Caribbean | 49 | 15 (31) | 16 (33) |
Black others | 10 | 1 (10) | 1 (10) |
Chinese | 29 | 10 (34) | 14 (48) |
Other ethnic groups/mixed | 89 | 21 (24) | 33 (37) |
All eligible ethnic infants | 528 | 223 (42) | 267 (51) |