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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
Hornsey 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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Parents have the option of taking their children to their own family doctors for immunisation or attending at the clinics, and the following tables show the results:-
| Age at date of immunisation | Diph. only | Wpg. Cough only | Tet. only | Combined | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diph. & Wpg. Cough | Diph. & Tet. | Diph., Tet. & Wpg. Cough | ||||
| Number of Children who completed a full course of Primary Immunisation | ||||||
| Under One | 22 | 10 | - | 9 | 7 | 1712 |
| One | 45 | 21 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 1636 |
| Two to four | 31 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 25 | 150 |
| Five to Fourteen | 110 | - | 83 | 8 | 186 | 40 |
| Total | 208 | 32 | 112 | 50 | 236 | 3538 |
| Number of Children who received a Secondary (Re-inforcing) Injection | ||||||
| Under One | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| One | 6 | 3 | – | 15 | 2 | 1567 |
| Two to four | 93 | 1 | – | 7 | 31 | 773 |
| Five to Fourteen | 1168 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 128 | 78 |
| Total | 1267 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 161 | 2418 |
Poliomyelitis Vaccination
On the 2nd February, 1962, Ministry of Health Circular 3/62
was issued, in which the use of oral vaccine for routine vaccination
against poliomyelitis was authorised. As with the Salk vaccine, it
is available to all between the ages of six months and forty years,
but may be administered by nurses, thus releasing the medical officers
for other work. Salk vaccine continued to be available for use by
those general practitioners who preferred it for their patients.
| The following table shows the work carried out both by general practitioners and at the clinics:- |