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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Immunisation against Diphtheria, Tetanus and Whooping Cough
Parents have the option of taking their children to their own family
doctors for immunisation or attending at the clinics, and the following tables show the results:-
| Age at date of immunisation | Number of Children who completed a full course of Primary Immunisation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria only | Whooping Cough only | Tetanus only | Combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough | Combined Diphtheria and Tetanus | Combined Diphtheria Tetanus and Whooping Cougn | |
| Under One | 22 | 10 | - | 9 | 7 | 1712 |
| One | 45 | 21 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 1636 |
| Two to Four | 31 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 25 | 150 |
| Five to Fourteen | 110 | - | 83 | 8 | 186 | 40 |
| Total | 208 | 32 | 112 | 50 | 236 | 3538 |
| Number of Children who received a Secondary (Re-inforcing) injection | ||||||
| Diphtheria only | Whooping Cough only | Tetanus only | Combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cougn | Combined Diphtheria and Tetenus | Combined Diphtheria Tetanus and Whooping Cough | |
| Under One | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| One | 6 | 3 | - | 15 | 2 | 1567 |
| Two to Four | 93 | 1 | - | 7 | 31 | 773 |
| Five to Fourteen | 1168 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 128 | 78 |
| Total | 1267 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 161 | 2418 |
Poliomyelitis Vaccination
On the 2nd February 1962, Ministry of Health Circular 3/62 was issued, in which the
use of oral vaccine for routine vaccination against poliomyelitis was authorised, As with
the Salk vaccine, it is available to all between the ages of six months and forty years,
but may be administered by nurses, thus releasing the medical officers for other work
Salk vaccine continued to be available for use by those general practitioners who preferred
it for their patients.