London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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Combined
Wpg Diph Diph Diph Diph
Age at Diph Cough Tet & & Tet Tet
date of only only only Wpg Tet & Wpg
Immunisation Cough Wpg Cough
Cough and
Polio
Number of Children who completed a full course of Primary Immunisation
| Under One | 5 | 3 | - | 3 | 7 | 1707 | 21 |
| One | 33 | 14 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 1872 | 18 |
| Two to four | 11 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 144 | - |
| Five to Fourteen | 57 | 1 | 102 | 23 | 86 | 29 | 1 |
| Total | 106 | 20 | 112 | 69 | 124 | 3752 | 40 |
Number of Children who received a Secondary (Re-inforcing) Injection
| Under One | - | - | - | 3 | - | 7 | - |
| One | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1036 | 2 |
| Two to four | 26 | - | 3 | 3 | 29 | 1049 | - |
| Five to Fourteen | 373 | — | 36 | 9 | 429 | 218 | 4 |
| Total | 401 | - | 40 | 19 | 467 | 2274 | 6 |
Poliomyelitis Vaccination
Oral poliomyelitis vaccine was used mainly during the year and the table below shows the number of persons vaccinated:-
| Completed course of two injections using Salk vaccine | Completed course of three doses of oral vaccine | |
|---|---|---|
| Children born in 1963 | 12 | 220 |
| Children born in 1962 | 64 | 1,747 |
| Children born in 1961 | 32 | 288 |
| Children and young persons born in 1943 to 1960 | 66 | 497 |
| Young persons born in 1933 to 1942 | 76 | 345 |
| Other persons | 43 | 189 |
| Total | 293 | 3,289 |
Re-inforcing doses were given as follows:-
| 3rd Salk injections | 546 |
| 4th Salk injections to children between the ages of five and twelve years | 67 |
| Oral vaccine after two Salk injections | 655 |
| Oral vaccine after three salk injections | 751 |
| Total | 2,019 |