London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Kensington and Chelsea 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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Tetanus Immunisation
| Total primary courses completed | Total reinforcing doses | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 1968 | 1969 | 1968 | |
| At Council clinics By general practitioners | 1,345 293 | 1,362 423 | 2,280 425 | 3,053 527 |
| TOTAL | 1,785 | 2,705 | 3,580 | |
Smallpox Vaccination
| At Council | By general | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| clinics | practitioners | ||||||
| 1969 | 1968 | 1969 | 1968 | 1969 | 1968 | ||
| Primary vaccinations | |||||||
| Under 1 year | 16 | 32 | 18 | 33 | 34 | 65 | |
| 1 year | 661 | 828 | 162 | 195 | 823 | 1,023 | |
| 2-4year | 272 | 240 | 83 | 80 | 355 | 320 | |
| 5 - 14year | 30 | 34 | 36 | 37 | 66 | 71 | |
| 15 years and over | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 4 | |
| TOTAL | 98? | 1,137 | 306 | 346 | 1,293 | 1,483 | |
| Revaccinations | |||||||
| Under 1 year | nil | nil | 1 | nil | 1 | nil | |
| 1 year | nil | 4 | nil | nil | nil | 4 | |
| 2-4year | 15 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 35 | 25 | |
| 5 - 14 years | 22 | 25 | 113 | 115 | 135 | 140 | |
| 15 years and over | 9 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 30 | 17 | |
| TOTAL | 46 | 47 | 155 | 139 | 201 | 186 | |
Tuberculosis (BCG Vaccination)
Thirteen-year old schoolchildren
The acceptance rate for this protective measure is still at a
satisfactorily high level. The skin test used is Mantoux (10 TU).
1969
1968
Schools visited 4 8
Number of eligible children 710 1,018
Number of acceptances 520 958
Acceptance rate 73.2% 94%
Number skin-tested and read 382 694
Number given BCG vaccination 343 630
Number of positive reactors 39 64
Positivity rate 10.2% 9.3%