London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Greenwich 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough.

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(b) Supervision
Effective Ineffective Total
Visits made by Organising Staff: 3,293 359 3,652
9. Prophylaxis
(a) Immunisation and Vaccination
(Children under 5 years)
Diphtheria immunisation (completed cases) 164
Whooping Cough immunisation (completed cases) 2
Combined Antigen (Diphtheria and Whooping Cough) 68
Triple Antigen (Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and
Tetanus) 1,250
Vaccination (Smallpox) 539
(b) B.C.G. Vaccination
(Children 13 years old at Greenwich Schools)
No. of Children 13 years old 1,871
No. for whom parental consent was obtained 1,513
No. of negative reactors vaccinated 1,316
No. of positive reactors X-rayed 62
(c) Poliomyelitis Inoculation
(Children born 1943-1960 resident or attending Greenwich schools)
(i) Two injections given during year 1,492
(ii) Third injection given during year 3,923
(Others—mainly adults 16-40 years living or working in Greenwich
and Exp. Mothers)
(i) Two injections given during year 1,419
(ii) Third injection given during year 2,320
10. District Nursing
The staff of the Queens District Nursing Association for Charlton
and Blackheath made 24,110 visits during the year.
Visits carried out by the Ranyard Nurses and the Nursing Sisters
of St. John the Divine were additional to those quoted above.

11. School Health Service

VisionSpecial InvestigationMinor Ailments Clinics
No. of Attendances68651047,338
No. of New Cases339539,664
No. of Glasses prescribed149

Note- As appropriate, children from Greenwich also attend special clinics
in Deptford and Woolwich.