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Islington 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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Deaths due to Poliomyelitis
1962 Nil
1961 Nil
1960 Nil
1959 6 (1¾ years; 6 years; 2 of 11 years; 24 years; 28 years; 22 years -
the latter contracted outside the borough).
1958 Nil
1957 1 (7 years).
1956 Nil
1955 2 (17½ years; 30 years; and 5 years - the latter contracted outside
the borough).
1954 1 (27 years).
1953 3 (4 years; 15 years; 24 years).
1952 Nil
1951 Nil
1950 2 (6 years; 12 years). The onset of the disease of the 6 year old was
in 1949.
Protection against Poliomyelitis
Protection against poliomyelitis is given at all Welfare Centres in Islington under

The following figures show the numbers of persons who have been protected at L.C.C. Clinics and by medical practitioners in 1962 in the whole of the Division comprising the areas of the Boroughs of Finsbury, Holborn and Islington.

Age Groups
0-4 yrs.5-1920-29OthersTotal
2nd Salk (injections)10742344253992132
3rd Salk11316186489823379
4th Salk-253--253
3rd Sabin (Oral)33046847159405643
Sabin after 2 inj ections213479683712695036
Sabin after 3 injections-1111--1111