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Tower Hamlets 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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TABLE 10

Table: VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION

VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION

Children vaccinated/immunisedOthers agedTotal
Year of birth
19671966196519641960-63Under 16Over 16
Diphtheria1,2951,23111684287151-3,164
Reinforcing dose-1,0568731912,2341,44145, 799
Tetanus1,2951,23211685288183663, 265
Reinforcing dose-1, 0568731922, 2041,209145, 548
Whooping Cough1, 2831,20210564804-2,738
Reinforcing dose-1, 00183613323116-2,217
Poliomyelitis1,2481, 300157137521368883, 819
Reinforcing dose-9717561732,0531,299185,270
Under 11 year2-45-1516 and overTotal
Smallpox vaccination:
Primary3897951185771,690
Revaccination--2097377494
Diphtheria immunisation of children under 5
Children under 5 immunised during 1963-6713,251
Estimated population under 5 as at 30th June, 196716, 600
Percentage protected80
Vaccinations/immunisations (all-ages) carried out at clinics/ general practitioners' surgeries
At Council ClinicsBy General Practitioners% Primary by General Practitioners
PrimaryReinforcingPrimaryReinforcing
Diphtheria2, 8975,4632673368.4
Tetanus2, 9555, 1953103539.5
Whooping cough2,4862, 0312521869.2
Poliomyelitis3,5254, 9912942797. 7
Smallpox1,44519624529814. 5

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