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
Age at December 31, 1964 | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | Total under 15 | |||||||
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Born in year | 1964 | 1963 | 1962 | 1961 | I960 | 1955-59 | 1950-54 | ||||||||
(i) Diphtheria (including combined and triple):- | |||||||||||||||
immunised during year | 2260 | 1332 | 304 | 108 | 56 | 204 | 44 | 4,308 | |||||||
immunised at end of year | 2260 | 4094 | 3288 | 3308 | 4558 | 14370 | 14113 | 45,991 | |||||||
Estimated mid-year population | 17,700 | 28,400 | 46,100 | ||||||||||||
(ii) Whooping cough (including combined and triple):— Immunised during year | 2256 | 1312 | 296 | 96 | 48 | 104 | 32 | 4,144 | |||||||
(iii) Vaccination. | |||||||||||||||
Vaccinated during the year (age at date of vaccination) | Under 1 | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15 and over | Total | ||||||||||
Primary | 32 | 1520 | 12 | 18 | 1,582 | ||||||||||
Revaccination | — | 28 | 10 | 97 | 135 | ||||||||||
(iv) Poliomyelitis | |||||||||||||||
Immunised against Poliomyelitis | 1st Injection or dose | 2nd Injection or dose | 3rd Injection or dose | 4th Injection or dose (booster) | |||||||||||
Salk vaccine | 116 | 103 | 98 | 25 | |||||||||||
Sabin (oral) vaccine | 2261 | 2085 | 2362 | 1564 |