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Hornsey 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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Poliomyelitis Vaccination
The death of a well-known sporting personality from poliomyelitis in
April 1959 stimulated interest in vaccination among young persons. As a
consequence open sessions were held on Saturday mornings and during lunch
hours. A total of 1,845 persons received first injections at these open
sessions.
Since the new year the scheme has been extended to include all
persons up to the age of 40.
The following table shows the number of persons completing courses of injections during 1959:-
| Number of Persons who during 1959 completed a course of | ||
|---|---|---|
| Two Injections | Three Injections | |
| Children born in the years 1943 to 1959 | 9097 | 1816 |
| Young Persons born in the years 1933 to 1942 | 5421 | 3032 |
| Expectant Mothers | 632 | 672 |
| General Practitioners and Families | - | 95 |
| Ambulance Staff and Families | - | 18 |
| Hospital Staff, Medical Students and their families | 430 | 182 |
| 15,580 | 22,160 | |
PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER CARE
(Section 28)
Recuperative Holidays
The Area health staff continued to be responsible for dealing with
applications for recuperative holidays and during 1959 197 applications were
received compared with 177 the previous year. Of these, 176 were
approved.
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