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Beckenham 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATION, 1957

Table: The following Table gives the numbers of children resident in the Borough of Beckenham who received a course of two injections against poliomyelitis during the year ended 31st December, 1597

The following Table gives the numbers of children resident in the Borough of Beckenham who received a course of two injections against poliomyelitis during the year ended 31st December, 1597

BORNNO.
1947482
1948382
1949393
1950344
1951205
1952104
1953138
195484
1955282
1956294
19571
Total2,709

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SPECIAL INVESTIGATION OF POLIOMYELITIS IN
BECKENHAM
1947 to 1957
A special investigation of 118 confirmed cases of Poliomyelitis
occurring in this Borough between 1947 and 1957 was carried out.
Thirty-three of the cases occurred in an epidemic of 1947, while
the remaining 85 cases have occurred in non-epidemic years.
The age and sex distribution, seasonal prevalence and geographical
location of all the cases was described and illustrated by a Map and
appropriate Tables. A comparison was made between the picture in
Beckenham and that described by other writers for Surrey, for Devon
and Cornwall, and for other parts of England and Wales.
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