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Lewisham 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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I am indebted to the Divisional Medical Officer of the London
County Council for the information on which the following table is
based:—
Immunisation against diphtheria; whooping cough; smallpox; poliomyelitis
Table 52
| Age at December 31, 1960 | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | Total under 15 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born in year | I960 | 1959 | 1958 | 1957 | 1956 | 1951-55 | 1946-50 | ||||||
| (i) Diphtheria (including combined and triple):— | |||||||||||||
| immunised during year | 1237 | 2047 | 146 | 77 | 75 | 193 | 35 | 3810 | |||||
| Immunised at end of year | 1237 | 4116 | 2744 | 2332 | 2515 | 13,644 | 13,688 | 40,276 | |||||
| Estimated mid-year population | 16,100 | 31,800 | 47,900 | ||||||||||
| (ii) Whooping cough (including combined and triple):— | |||||||||||||
| Immunised during year | 1230 | 2009 | 135 | 71 | 61 | 83 | 21 | 3,610 | |||||
| (iii) Vaccination. | |||||||||||||
| 1-4 | 5-14 | 15 and over | |||||||||||
| Primary | 1,870 | 240 | 73 | 102 | 2,285 | ||||||||
| Revaccination | - | 10 | 48 | 192 | 250 | ||||||||
| (iv) Poliomyelitis | |||||||||||||
| 8,429 | 7,718 | 18,778 | |||||||||||
Council Offices, E. H. R. SMITHARD
Canadian Avenue, Medical Officer of Health
S.E.6.
October, 1961.