Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Immunisation against Diphtheria, 1959.
The following is a return of the number of children under the age of 15 years on 31st December, 1959, who had completed a course of immunisation at any time before that date (i.e. at any time since 1st January, 1945).
Year of Birth | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | Total | |
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Last complete course of injections (whether primary or booster) 1955—1959 | 96 | 148 | 267 | 686 | 649 | 888 | 938 | 948 | 677 | 952 | 983 | 99b | 1047 | 950 | 275 | 10500 | |
1954 or earlier | 859 | 1037 | 1257 | 847 | 1128 | 489 | 397 | 398 | 522 | 94 | - | - | - | - | - | 7028 |
Poliomyelitis Vaccination, 1959.
The following table gives the numbers of persons resident in the Borough of Bexley who received injections against poliomyelitis during the year ended 31st December, 1959:—
Year of Birth | Before 1943 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | Others | Total |
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Given two injections | 3879 | 177 | 135 | 98 | 125 | 189 | 148 | 134 | 98 | 117 | 148 | 155 | 92 | 115 | 116 | 231 | 1037 | 239 | 674 | 7907 |
Given third injections | 1452 | 539 | 889 | 750 | 1201 | 1082 | 965 | 924 | 863 | 837 | 805 | 800 | 648 | 624 | 694 | 816 | 525 | — | 358 | 14772 |