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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Lewisham 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: Reinforcing doses

Reinforcing doses

Type of vaccine or doseYear of birthOthers under age 16Total
19651964196319621958-61
Diphtheria-1,3437351861,6945284,486
Whooping Cough-1,313721178640892,941
Tetanus-1,3427341841,6804304,370
Poliomyelitis-6440251,7497732,651

Table: Smallpox Vaccination

Smallpox Vaccination

0-3 mths .3-6 mths6-9 mths'9-12 mths1 yr.2-4 yrs.5-15 yrs.Total
Number vaccinated302466651,546504662,301
Number revaccinated----2154764

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LABORATORY FACILITIES
The following relates to the work carried out by the public health laboratory on
behalf of the Council during 1965.

Table: Table 35

Table 35

SpecimensNumberRemarks
Faeces684Negative
56Shigella sonnei
1Shigella fiexneri
3Salmonella typhi
5Salmonella tennessee
1„ thompson
1„ heidelberg
1„ bredeney
5„ typhimurium
3„ paratyphi B
1Staphylococcus aureus
1B. coli 026
2B. coli 055
1B. coli 0111
2CI. welchii
Swabs from nose and throat etc.10Negative
4Staph, aureus
1B-haem. streps.
Blood culture5Negative
Widal3Negative
1Positive
Water (various)4
Food2
797