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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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The following table shows the work carried out both by general practitioners and
at the clinics:-
| Completed course of two injections using salk vaccine | Completed course of three doses of oral vaccine | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Children born in 1962 | 33 | 163 | |
| Children born in 1961 | 526 | 762 | |
| Children and young persons born in 1943 to 1960 | 870 | 438 | |
| Young persons born in 1933 to 1942 | 581 | 248 | |
| Other persons | 552 | 230 | |
| Total | 2562 | 1841 | |
| Re-inforcing doses were given as follows: | |||
| 3rd Salk injections | 3496 | ||
| 4th Salk injections to children between the ages of five and twelve years | 232 | ||
| Oral vaccine after two Salk injections | 2943 | ||
| Oral vaccine after three Salk injections | 1798 | ||
| Total | 8469 | ||
PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER CARE
(Section 2 8)
Recuperative Holidays
The Area health staff continued to be responsible for dealing with applications for
recuperative holidays and during 1962 170 applications were received compared with 180
the previous year. Of these, 159 were approved.
Chiropody Service
At the beginning of the year three chiropodists were employed on a sessional basis
for a total of eleven sessions a week In August one chiropodist resigned and the
sessions were reduced to eight a week. This was the position at the end of 1962,
although two chiropodists were appointed early in 1963 for a further four sessions a week
The following table shows the treatment carried out at clinics during the year