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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
Dagenham 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION
The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year:—
| Age (in years) at final injection | Primary Immunisation | Children who received a boosting dose |
| Under 1 | 374 | — |
| 1—4 | 320 | 43 |
| 5—9 | 58 | 306 |
| 10—14 | 17 | 80 |
| Total | 769 | 429 |
Immunisation by General Practitioners.
| Age (in years) at final injection | Primary Immunisation | Children who received a boosting doie |
| Under 1 | 231 | — |
| 1 — 4 | 227 | 33 |
| 5— 9 | 34 | 268 |
| 10 — 14 | 8 | 55 |
| Total | 500 | 356 |
II—Whooping Cough
1,091 children received immunising doses against Whooping
Cough including boosting doses. Of these, 227 children received
combined Pertussis-Diphtheria injections.
Poliomyelitis
Following notification by the Ministry that supplies of Poliomyelitis
vaccine would be available to local health authorities
during the year, a letter offering vaccination was sent to the
parents of all children between 2-9 years, and a form of registration
to be returned was attached.
Later in the year a small supply was sent to all areas and a selected group of children were offered vaccination.
| Number of Acceptors registered in 1956 | 6,116 |
| Number of completed courses of injections in 1956 . | 665 |