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Edmonton 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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VACCINATION AGAINST POLIOMYELITIS
TABLE I. EDMONTON-Number of persons vaccinated with two injections.
CATEGORY
| Year in which Vaccinated | Children born in years 1943 to 1961 | Young persons born in years 1933 to 1942 | Persons born before 1933 who have not passed their 40th birthday | Others | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1960 | 1,404 | 761 | 2,440 | 95 | 4,700 |
| 1961 | 1,724 | 639 | 1,489 | 180 | 4,032 |
| Totals | 18,865 | 6,961 | 4,353 | 369 | 30,548 |
TABLE II. EDMONTON-Number of persons vaccinated with third injection.
| 1956 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1957 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1958 | 4,033 | v | 25 | 10 | 4,068 |
| 1959 | 7,871 | 1,443 | 513 | 171 | 9,998 |
| 1960 | 3,583 | 3,609 | 1,118 | 91 | 8,401 |
| 1961 | 1,386 | 555 | 1,640 | 96 | 3,677 |
| Totals | 16,873 | 5,607 | 3,296 | 368 | 26,144 |
| During 1961 fourth injections were given to 5,129 persons. | |||||
Vaccinations against smallpox carried out in Edmonton during 1961.
| Age | Persons Vaccinated or Re-vaccinated | Cases specially reported during the period | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccination | Re-vaccination | Generalised Vaccinia | Post vaccinal encephalomyelitis | Deaths from complications of vaccination other than those in cols. (4) and (5). | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| Under 1 | 182 | - | |||
| 1 | 418 | - | |||
| 2-4 | 59 | 8 | |||
| 5-14 | 43 | 21 | |||
| 15 and over | 82 | 188 | |||
| Total | 784 | 217 | |||
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