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Ilford 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Diphtheria Immunisation (Continued).
The following table is submitted to show the figures over the past five years:—
| 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of primary inoculations:— | |||||
| At Clinics | 778 | 794 | 793 | 594 | 515 |
| By General Practitioners | 866 | 1,007 | 1,263 | 1,425 | 1,341* |
| Totals | 1,644 | 1,801 | 2,056 | 2,019 | 1,856 |
| No. of re-inoculations:— | |||||
| At Clinics | 1,318 | 1,473 | 1,198 | 918 | 772 |
| By General Practitioners | 144 | 541 | 1,025 | 918 | 1,112† |
| Totals | 1,462 | 2,014 | 2,223 | 1,836 | 1,884 |
| No. of live births in Ilford ... | 2,406 | 2,376 | 2,323 | 2,231 | 2,193 |
| *Includes 628 combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough inoculations, †Includes 129 combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough inoculations. | |||||
Whooping Cough Immunisation.
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) | Reinoculations (one only) | Attendances | Inoculations (full course) | Reinoculations (one only) | Attendances | Inoculations (full course) | Reinoculations (one only) | Attendances | Inoculations (full course) | Reinoculations (one only) | |
| Children under 5 years of age | 374 | — | 1042 | 217 | — | 670 | 100 | 1 | 287 | 825 | 5 |
| Children 5 years of age and over | 22 | — | 62 | 8 | — | 20 | 3 | — | 8 | 73 | 14 |
| Totals | 396 | — | 1104 | 225 | — | 690 | 103 | 1 | 295 | 898 | 19 |
*For comparison, as it is not the policy of the County Council to
use a combined diphtheria/pertussis vaccine, 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 628 Re-inoculations 129