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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Reinforcing doses
Type of vaccine or dose | Year of birth | Others under age 16 | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | 1964 | 1963 | 1962 | 1958-61 | |||
Diphtheria | - | 1,343 | 735 | 186 | 1,694 | 528 | 4,486 |
Whooping Cough | - | 1,313 | 721 | 178 | 640 | 89 | 2,941 |
Tetanus | - | 1,342 | 734 | 184 | 1,680 | 430 | 4,370 |
Poliomyelitis | - | 64 | 40 | 25 | 1,749 | 773 | 2,651 |
0-3 mths . | 3-6 mths | 6-9 mths' | 9-12 mths | 1 yr. | 2-4 yrs. | 5-15 yrs. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number vaccinated | 30 | 24 | 66 | 65 | 1,546 | 504 | 66 | 2,301 |
Number revaccinated | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | 47 | 64 |
LABORATORY FACILITIES
The following relates to the work carried out by the public health laboratory on
behalf of the Council during 1965.
Specimens | Number | Remarks |
---|---|---|
Faeces | 684 | Negative |
56 | Shigella sonnei | |
1 | Shigella fiexneri | |
3 | Salmonella typhi | |
5 | Salmonella tennessee | |
1 | „ thompson | |
1 | „ heidelberg | |
1 | „ bredeney | |
5 | „ typhimurium | |
3 | „ paratyphi B | |
1 | Staphylococcus aureus | |
1 | B. coli 026 | |
B. coli 055 | ||
1 | B. coli 0111 | |
2 | CI. welchii | |
Swabs from nose and throat etc. | 10 | Negative |
4 | Staph, aureus | |
1 | B-haem. streps. | |
Blood culture | 5 | Negative |
Widal | 3 | Negative |
1 | Positive | |
Water (various) | 4 | |
Food | 2 | |
797 |