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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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VACCINATION AGAINST POLIOMYELITIS EDMONTON - Number of persons vaccinated.
| Under 1 year of age | 1 year | 2-19 years | 20-29 years | Others | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salk - 1st injection | 18 | _ | 1 | 3 | 5 | 27 |
| Salk - 2nd injection | 264 | _ | 250 | 178 | 295 | 987 |
| Salk - 3rd injection | 2566 | |||||
| Salk - 4th injection | 465 | |||||
| Oral - 1st dose | 468 | _ | 123 | 60 | 104 | 755 |
| Oral - 2nd dose | 398 | _ | 105 | 44 | 96 | 643 |
| Oral - 3rd dose | 385 | _ | 128 | 64 | 148 | 725 |
| Oral reinforcing after 2 Salk injections | 771 | |||||
| Oral reinforcing after 3 Salk injections | 464 |
VACCINATIONS AGAINST SMALLPOX carried out in Edmonton during 1962.
| Age | Persons Vaccinated or Re-vaccinated Re- Vaccination Vaccination | Cases specially reported during the period | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 218 | - | |||
| 1 | 642 | 1 | |||
| 2-4 | 579 | 54 | |||
| 5-14 | 1704 | 938 | |||
| 15 and over | 3536 | 5175 | |||
| Total | 6679 | 6168 | |||
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