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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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| Completed course of two injections using Salk vaccine | Completed course of three doses of oral vaccine | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Children born in 1962 | 33 | 163 | |
| Children born in 1961 | 526 | 762 | |
| Children and young persons born in 1943 to 1960 | 870 | 438 | |
| Young persons born in 1933 to 1942 | 581 | 248 | |
| Other persons | 552 | 230 | |
| Total | 2562 | 1841 | |
| Re-inforcing doses were given as follows:- | |||
| 3rd Salk injections | 3496 | ||
| 4th Salk injections to children between the ages of five and twelve years | 232 | ||
| Oral vaccine after two Salk injections | 2943 | ||
| Oral vaccine after three Salk injections | 1798 | ||
| Total | 8469 | ||
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 1962 170 applications
were received compared with 180 the previous year. Of these,
159 were approved.
Chiropody Service
At the beginning of the year three chiropodists were employed
on a sessional basis for a total of eleven sessions a week. In
August one chiropodist resigned and the sessions were reduced to
eight a week. This was the position at the end of 1962, although
two chiropodists were appointed early in 1963 for a further four
sessions a week.
| The following table shows the treatment carried out at clinics during the year:- |