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 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 48
at December 31, 1963 in year | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | Total under 15 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1963 | 1962 | 1961 | 1960 | 1959 | 1954-58 | 1949-53 | ||
immunised during year | 1359 | 1446 | 161 | 56 | 24 | 94 | 34 | 3174 |
immunised at end of year | 1359 | 2762 | 2984 | 3200 | 4502 | 14,166 | 14,069 | 43,042 |
Estimated mid-year population | 17,700 | 28,400 | 46,100 | |||||
) Whooping cough (including combined and | ||||||||
Immunised during year | 1352 | 1438 | 157 | 52 | 15 | 50 | 20 | 3084 |
(iii) Vaccination. | ||||||||
1-4 | 5-14 | 15 and over | ||||||
Primary | 315 | 253 | 70 | 112 | 750 | |||
Revaccination | — | 22 | 108 | 370 | 500 | |||
2nd Injection or dose | ||||||||
Salk vaccine | 172 | 371 | 574 | 109 | ||||
Sabin (oral) vaccine | 2,530 | 2,230 | 3,377 | 771 |
Council Offices, E. H. R. SMITHARD
Town Hall, Medical Officer of Health
S.E.6.