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Barking 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Flsons Fertilizers Limited
Forrest Printing Ink Co. Ltd.
Fred Fowler Limited
Gilbey Engineering Co. Ltd.
Highway Cooperage Limited
Impalco Foils Limited
Jeyea Sanitary Compounds Co. Ltd.
Johnaon & Johnson Limited
Kitsons Insulation Limited
I, Leftley Limited
S.G Lomax Limited
Mack Trucks (Britain) Limited
Medcraft Brothers Limited
Nellaons Ice Cream Co. Ltd.
Petrofina (Gt. Britain) Ltd.
Potter & Clark Limited
Radio Maintenance Co. (London) Ltd.
Reynolds Packing Co. Ltd.
Roneo Limited
J.H. Sankey & Son Limited
Self-Opening Tin Box Company
Splendlda Limited
William T. Storer & Company
Suntester Limited
Torridon Steel Limited
Transcon Limited
United Glass (Thermoplastics) Ltd.
Varley Dry Accumulators Limited
Weymouth Sack Co. Limited
Whitmoyer-Reed Limited
William Warne & Co. Ltd.
In addition, many people consulted their own doctors and were vaccinated by
them.
During the "rush", a daily personal collection of vaccine was made from Colindale
Public Health Laboratory, and by this arrangement we were perhaps fortunate
in getting adequate supplies for the demand.
Our technique of vaccination was good and very few cases of "vaccine fever"
came to our notice.
I should like to take this opportunity of thanking my staff and all the various
voluntary helpers for their assistance In making this major operation so successful
It is lamentable that a "scare" is needed to stimulate the general public to
take advantage of the excellent facilities afforded by the medical services in this
country to get protection against the various infectious diseases, the ravages of
which have been so minimised in recent years by our immunological procedures.
I shall only be satisfied when every child on reaching the age of 12-14 months
has been protected against this killer disease by such a simple procedure of scar ■
fication of the skin.
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The following are the smallpox vaccination figures for 1962:-

QuarterPrimaryRe-Vaccinations
MarchG.P.'s5,24314,434G.P.'s5,4089,114
Clinics9,191Clinics3,706
JuneG.p.'s463716G.P.'s4821,145
Clinics253Clinics663
SeptemberG.P.'s66128G.P.'s98130
Clin cs62Clinics32
DecmberG.P,'S1529G. P.'s1931
Clinics14Clinics12
_Total15,307Total10,420