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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
Tottenham 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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by the health visitors on their districts. There is no guarantee, however,
that every unimmunised baby to comes to live in the Area is brought within
the ambit of the above scheme, and to that extent the attainable immunisation
percentage is reduced
Not with standing this, the success of the local campaign may be judged
from the following table which records immunisations carried out by area
medical staff and general practitioners during 1953. 410 more children were
primarily immunised and 1,258 more received reinforcing injections than in
1952.
TABLE 10
| Age at date of immunisation | No. of children immunised | No. of children given re-inforcing injections | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria only | Combined Diphtheria & Whooping Cough | Whooping Cough only | Diphtheria only | Combined Diphtheria & Whooping Cough | |
| Under One | 253 | 1,093 | 62 | - | - |
| One | 268 | 647 | 313 | - | - |
| Two | 59 | 70 | 71 | - | - |
| Three | 33 | 45 | 43 | 6 | 2 |
| Pour | 44 | 30 | 21 | 344 | 51 |
| Five to Nine | 98 | 19 | 17 | 2,025 | 62 |
| Ten to Fourteen | 7 | - | - | 40 | 1 |
| Totals | 762 | 1,904 | 527 | 2, 415 | 116 |
PREVENTION OF ILLNESS CARE AND AFTER CARE
(SECTION 28)
Recuperative Holiday Homes
Hiring the year area health staffs continued to be responsible, on behalf
of the County Health Department for dealing with applications for adnission
to recuperative holiday homes.
The following table shows the cases dealt with during the year:-
| Aplications received | Admissions recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults | 312 | 216 |
| Children | 17 | 13 |
| 329 | 229 |