Abstract: Objective： Analyzing the epidemic characteristics of tetanus（NNT） of recurrent children in Zhenjiang, so as to provide the scientific basis of eliminating NNT. Methods：NNT monitoring data of the recurrent children in Zhenjiang during 2003—2010 was analyzed using the descriptive epidemiology. Results：The average incidence of NNT in Zhenjiang during 2003—2010 was 0.17 per 1 000 live births in children with a relative peak appearance in 2006, while the incidence of migrant children was 1.36 per 1000 and the mortality of NNT children was 32.14 per 1000. NNT cases were scattered. Those children were mainly from Sichuan，Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces. The ratio of male to female was 1.55∶1. The childbirth in home in those NNT cases was 86.36%. All of mothers were not inoculated against tentanus（TT）. Conclusions：NNT in the migrant children are scattered in Zhenjiang, and NNT mortality is high. It is possible to eliminate NNT in non-high risk areas by improving the rate of hospital delivery and advocating TT vaccination in migrant women.

Key words: Infant, newborn, Tetanus, Tetanus toxoid, Environmental monitoring, Incidence