Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
All firms in finsbury and Holborn were circulated, and in addition to
the activities on the London County Council's premises, and in the
surgeries of family doctors the offer of sending a mobile vaccination
team if 5 or more volunteers for vaccination could be found was readily
accepted by a number of firms. This idea was further developed by
taking into commission in September 1959 a mobile immunisation clinic,
converted from an obsolete school bus, which visited popular street
sites, housing estates etc, traffic conditions permitting,and in which
a total of 6,659 injections were given up to 31st December 1960,
Total numbers immunised in Division 3 were as follows:-
Year immunised | 2nd injection | 3rd injection |
---|---|---|
1956 | 1,057 | – |
1957 | 7,205 | – |
1958 | 19,093 | 65 |
1959 | 46,033 | 33,188 |
1960 | 19,352 | 30,848 |
Total | 92,740 | 64,101 |
The age distribution was as follows:-
Age Group | 2nd injection | 3rd injection | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adults born before 1945 | 49,537 | 31,725 | |||
School children now aged 5-15 born in:- | 1946 | 3,267 | 2,872 | ||
1947 | 3,263 | 2,401 | |||
1948 | 2,815 | 2,133 | |||
1949 | 2,773 | 2,160 | |||
1950 | 2,767 | 2,152 | |||
1951 | 2,619 | 2,028 | |||
1952 | 3,020 | 2,237 | |||
1953 | 2,988 | 2,288 | |||
1954 | 3,240 | 2,446 | |||
1955 | 3,002 | 2,381 | |||
Total | 29,754 | Total | 23,098 |
Estimated total number of children resident in the Divisional Area 5-15 yrs 35,230.
Under 5 born in:- | 1956 | 3,299 | 2,599 |
1957 | 3,568 | 2,882 | |
1958 | 3,323 | 2,699 | |
1959 | 2,745 | 1,098 | |
1960 | 514 | – | |
Total | 13,449 | Total | 9,278 |
Estimated total number of children under 5 resident in the Divisional Area
24,200,
Total 92.740 Total 64.101
NOTE: No comparison with total population possible as a large
number were resident elsewhere, but working in the District.
78