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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table (iv)
| Salk | Sabin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Since commencement of scheme | 1962 | Since commencement of scheme | |
| Primary vaccination:* | ||||
| Born in 1958-62 | 15,527 | 489,496 | 35,448 | 47,738 |
| 1943-57 | 10,451 | 12,290 | ||
| 1933-42 | ||||
| Londoners | 8,631 | 183,245 | 7,677 | 7,677 |
| Others | 1,146 | 48,541 | 348 | 348 |
| 1932 or earlier (under 40) | ||||
| Londoners | 14,230 | 84,430 | 10,442 | 10,442 |
| Others | 1,884 | 17,711 | 705 | 705 |
| Other (over 40) | 1,175 | 15,321 | 746 | 746 |
| Total | 53,044 | 838,744 | 67,656 | 67,656 |
| Given by— L.C.C | 32,262 | 599,532 | 56,222 | 56,222 |
| general practitioners and hospital doctors | 20,782 | 239,212 | 11,434 | 11,434 |
| Booster doses† | 3,463 | 102,272 | 13,508 | 13,508 |
| Given by— L.C.C | 1,475 | 84,085 | 12,095 | 12,095 |
| general practitioners and hospital doctors | 1,988 | 18,187 | 1,413 | 1,413 |
| * Those who have received a third injection of Salk or three doses of Sabin. | ||||
| † Those who have received a fourth injection or a fourth dose of vaccine orally. | ||||
* Those who have received a third injection of Salk or three doses of Sabin.
t Those who have received a fourth injection or a fourth dose of vaccine orally.
Table (v)
| 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinic No. 1. (Hospital for Tropical Diseases) | 10,571 | 9,297 | 9,550 |
| (Shipping Federation Clinic, King George V Dock) | 809 | 2,762 | 2,937 |
| Clinic No. 2. (Unilever House) | 1,249 | 1,173 | 1,263 |
| Clinic No. 3. (West London Centre) | 4,031 | 3,682 | 4,055 |
| 16,660 | 16,914 | 17,805 |
Administrative and clerical procedures—Vaccination and immunisation procedures are
changing as more knowledge becomes available and new materials are brought into use.
As an examination of the department's immunisation and vaccination procedures was
last made in 1954, it was considered that a further investigation was due. In 1960 a public
health departmental committee was appointed to investigate the administrative and clerical
procedures relating to immunisation and vaccination, under the chairmanship of Dr. Ian
Taylor, Principal Medical Officer (Epidemiology). An interim report was issued in 1961
and a final report in 1962. I accepted the Committee's recommendations, which were
passed to the nine health divisions for the necessary executive action. Those affecting the
schools have been implemented with the active co-operation of the Education Officer.
Some of the more important recommendations were:
(i) The institution of a systematic follow-up by special letter of all children who had
not commenced a course of immunisation against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping
cough by the time they were four months old, with a further reminder, if necessary,
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