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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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PROPHYLAXIS
Immunisation against the following diseases was offered at health centres and schools
—diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, poliomyelitis, smallpox and tuberculosis.
Children between the ages 2 months and 5 years were offered immunisation at
health centres and from 5-12 years in schools. Adults between the ages 15 and 40
years were offered immunisation against poliomyelitis. B.C.G. vaccination against
tuberculosis was offered to all children in schools in their fourteenth year.
Medical practitioners in the Borough are supplied, free of cost, with poliomyelitis
vaccine for persons under the age of 40, and diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus
and smallpox vaccine.
| Type of vaccine or dose Primary courses completed | Year of birth | Others underage 16 yrs. | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1965 | 1961-64 | ||||
| Diphtheria | 1,971 | 2,060 | 240 | 105 | 414 | 163 | 4.953 | |
| Whooping Cough | 1,962 | 2,038 | 233 | 104 | 133 | 17 | 4,487 | |
| Tetanus | 1,971 | 2,062 | 243 | 105 | 422 | 267 | 5,070 | |
| Polio | 826 | 2,884 | 363 | 156 | 536 | 228 | 4,993 | |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 1,540 | 1,430 | 229 | 3,087 | 924 | 7,213 | |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1,480 | 1,363 | 192 | 744 | 152 | 3,932 | |
| Tetanus | 3 | 1,540 | 1,442 | 228 | 3,103 | 1,001 | 7,317 | |
| Polio | — | 26 | 27 | 25 | 2,979 | 785 | 3,842 | |
| 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | 1 yr. | 2-4 | 5-15 | ||
| Vaccination | 41 | 30 | 62 | 56 | 2,114 | 969 | 160 | 3,432 |
| Re-vaccination | — | — | — | — | — | 57 | 184 | 241 |
The following represents work carried out by the Southern Group Laboratory on behalf of the Council during 1968.
| Specimens | Number | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Faeces | 330 | Negative |
| 18 | Shigella sonnei | |
| 6 | Salmonella typhimurium | |
| 4 | Salmonella panama | |
| 2 | Salmonella Enteritidis | |
| 1 | Staphylococcus aureus | |
| Swabs from nose and throat etc. | 5 | Negative |
| 1 | B-haemolytic streptococci | |
| Water (various) | 3 | |
| Food | 16 | |
| Milk | 4 | |
| Earth | 9 | |
| 399 |