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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
London County Council 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Number of children offered inoculation | Number of children registered for inoculation | Percentage registration | Number of children inoculated | Percentage inoculation of registered children | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of injections | Total (4) and (5) | in (2) No. of injections | Total (7) and (8) | |||||
| Two | One | |||||||
| Two | One | |||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) |
| 358,145 | 120,644 | 33.7% | 12,057 | 3,249 | 15,306 | 10% | 2.7% | 12.7% |
Inoculation against poliomyelitis was resumed in December, 1956, when children
who had received only one injection during May and June were given priority for a
second injection. Any vaccine remaining from this issue was used to give first injections
to further children who were registered earlier in the year.
The number of children inoculated during December is given below:
Number of children Number of children Total
who received a who received a
second injection first injection
1,968 819 2,787
The total number of children who received inoculation during the year was
therefore :
Two injections One injection
14,025 2,100
During May and June, 1956, arrangements were made for 1,494 children to be
visited by a health visitor 24 hours after receiving a dose of vaccine. Reports of these
visits showed that the poliomyelitis vaccine was singularly free from after effects.