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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
Edmonton 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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IMMUNIZATION
The Area Medical Officer for Area No.l Middlesex (Edmonton and Enfield) has kindly given me the following details of immunization against Diphtheria and Whooping Cough during 1959:-
| Age | Children who completed a full course of primary immunization | Children given a reinforcing injection | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria only | Diphtheria and Whooping Cough | Whooping Cough only | Diphtheria only | Combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough | Whooping Cough only | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) |
| Under 1 | 83 | 468 | 26 | - | - | - |
| 1 | 71 | 325 | 9 | - | - | - |
| 2-4 | 26 | 30 | 6 | 209 | 27 | 13 |
| 5-14 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 910 | 80 | 4 |
| 15 and over | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total: | 256 | 836 | 43 | 1, 119 | 107 | 17 |
VACCINATION AGAINST POLIOMYELITIS TABLE I. EDMONTON - Number of persons vaccinated with two injections:
| Year in which vaccinated | CATEGORY | Totals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children born in years 1943 to 1960 | Young persons born in years 1933 to 1942 | Persons born before 1933 who have not passed their 40th birthday | Others | ||
| 1956 | 280 | - | — | - | 280 |
| 1957 | 2,498 | - | - | - | 2,498 |
| 1958 | 8,023 | 554 | 124 | 15 | 8,716 |
| 1959 | 4,936 | 5,007 | 300 | 79 | 10,322 |
| Totals: | 15,737 | 5, 561 | 424 | 94 | 21,816 |
TABLE II. EDMONTON - Number of persons vaccinated with third injection:
| 1956 | - | - | — | - | — |
| 1957 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1958 | 4,033 | - | 25 | 10 | 4; 068 |
| 1959 | 7,871 | 1,443 | 513 | 171 | 9,998 |
| Totals: | 11,904 | 1,443 | 538 | 181 | 14,066 |
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