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Wanstead and Woodford 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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The number of children who completed a full course of primary
immunisation against diphtheria during the year is set out below:
Under 5 years of age 720
5 to 15 years of age 44
764
The number of children who received a secondary or re-inforcing
injection was 357.
The number of persons vaccinated or re-vaccinated during the year
1958 was:
Under 1 1-4 yrs. 5-14 yrs. 15 or Total
over
Primary 446 64 60 73 643
Re-Vaccination Nil 6 35 168 209
The following information shows the total number of children under 16 years of age who have at any time received a primary course of immunisation against diphtheria, as at 31st December, 1958.
| Year of Birth | Number | Year of Birth | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 157 | 1950 | 646 |
| 1957 | 565 | 1949 | 664 |
| 1956 | 539 | 1948 | 928 |
| 1955 | 876 | 1947 | 931 |
| 1954 | 301 | 1946 | 793 |
| 1953 | 656 | 1945 | 864 |
| 1952 | 552 | 1944 | 589 |
| 1951 | 505 | 1943 | 890 |
| 10,4.56 |
Number of children immunised against Whooping Cough during
the year 1958 was:
Under 6 months 6-12 months 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years & over
25 246 32 4 8 7 2
In my report for 1957 I referred to the scheme introduced by the
Ministry of Health for the vaccination of children against Poliomyelitis.
Initially the scheme provided for the vaccination of children
born only in the years 1947 to 1954 inclusive, but during this year the
scheme was extended to include children born in the years 1955 and
1956, and also recommended that a further opportunity should be
given to the parents of children bom in the years 1947 to 1954 to
register them if they had not hitherto accepted the offer of
vaccination.
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