London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Ealing 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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14. VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
Under Section 26 of the National Health Service Act, 1948, the Council provides
vaccination and immunisation against the following diseases:-
Diphtheria Poliomyelitis
Whooping-cough Smallpox
Tetanus Tuberculosis
The schedule of immunisation used in the clinics for infants and young children
is the following:-
Age Vaccine
3 months diphtheria, whooping-cough and tetanus 1st injection
4 months diphtheria, whooping-cough and tetanus 2nd injection
5 months diphtheria, whooping-cough and tetanus 3rd injection
6 months poliomyelitis 1st dose
7 months poliomyelitis 2nd dose
8 months poliomyelitis 3rd dose
Soon after
first birthday smallpox vaccination
16 months diphtheria, whooping-cough and tetanus booster
5 years or ( diphtheria and tetanus booster
school entry ( poliomyelitis booster
10 years diphtheria and tetanus booster
Medical officers and health visitors use every opportunity, during their course
of work, to encourage parents to have their children protected by immunisation and
vaccination.
The acceptance rates during the year (expressed as a percentage of total births)
were:-
Immunisation against diphtheria, whooping-cough and tetanus 69.5
Immunisation against poliomyelitis 69.7
Vaccination against smallpox 59.9
Full details of immunisation carried out during the year are contained in Table 4.
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