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 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. | 5-19 | 20-29 | Others | Total | |
2nd Salk (injections) | 1074 | 234 | 425 | 399 | 2132 |
3rd Salk | 1131 | 618 | 648 | 982 | 3379 |
4th Salk | - | 253 | - | - | 253 |
3rd Sabin (Oral) | 3304 | 684 | 715 | 940 | 5643 |
Sabin after 2 inj ections | 2134 | 796 | 837 | 1269 | 5036 |
Sabin after 3 injections | - | 1111 | - | - | 1111 |