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Ilford 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Diphtheria Immunisation
The following table is submitted to show the figures over the past five years:—
| 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of primary inoculations:— | |||||
| At Clinics | 1,196 | 778 | 794 | 793 | 594 |
| By General Practitioners | 1,283 | 866 | 1,007 | 1,263 | 1,4251 |
| Totals | 2,479 | 1,644 | 1,801 | 2,056 | 2,019 |
| No. of re-inoculations:— | |||||
| At Clinics | 1,615 | 1,318 | 1,473 | 1,198 | 918 |
| By General Practitioners | 265 | 144 | 541 | 1,025 | 918† |
| Totals | 1,880 | 1,462 | 2,014 | 2,223 | 1,836 |
| No. of live births in Ilford | 2,630 | 2,406 | 2,376 | 2,323 | 2,231 |
* Includes 195 combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough inoculations.
† Includes 25 combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough inoculations.
Whooping Cough Immunisation.
From 1st April, 1953, whooping cough immunisation was introduced
in the local health authority clinics and facilities were provided for the
free provision of pertussis vaccine to general practitioners.
It is not at this time the policy of the County Council to use a combined
diphtheria/pertussis vaccine and in order to avoid increasing the
number of immunisation sessions diphtheria and whooping cough prevention
clinics were combined.
Owing to the prevalence of polio-myelitis whooping cough immunisation
was suspended after 1st July and not recommenced until 20th October.
1953.
The following are the details of the number of children immunised against whooping cough at the three Ilford clinics held for this purpose together with records of such courses completed by general practitioners.
| Valentines Clinic | Mayesbrook Clinic | Manford Way Clinic | *General Practitioners | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inoculations (full course) | Reinoeulations (one only) | Attendances | Inoculations (full course) | Reinoeulations (one only) | Attendances | Inoculations (full course) | Reinoeulations (one only) | Attendances | Inoculations (full course) | Reinoeulations (one only) | |
| Children under 5 years of age | 100 | - | 507 | 99 | - | 403 | 62 | - | 249 | 310 | 3 |
| Children 5 years of age and over | 11 | - | 32 | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | 42 | 9 |
| Totals | 111 | - | 539 | 100 | - | 408 | 62 | - | 250 | 352 | 12 |
* For comparison, only plain pertussis injections carried out by general
practitioners are entered in the above table. The figures for records
received of combined diphtheria/pertussis courses of injections are as
follows:—
Inoculations 195 Re-inoculations 25