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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

Finchley 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Table: VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION

VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION

By General PractitionersBy Medical Officers of the Local AuthorityDiphtheria Immunisation, etc.:
(1) Children immunised :
Diphtheria only——
Tetanus only1042
Diph. & Tetanus Primary2137
Triple Primary425189
Triple Booster2198
Diph. & Tetanus Booster4722
Quadrilin Primary5—
(2) Children immunised with combined diphtheria and whooping cough prophylacticNilNil
(3) Children given "Booster" doses of diphtheria prophylactic alone70256
Tetanus Booster213
(4) Children given "Booster" doses of combined diphtheria and whooping cough prophylactic2—
Whooping Cough Immunisation :
(5) Children immmunised—1
(6) Children given "Booster" doses of whooping cough vaccine——
Vaccination against Smallpox :
(7) Persons vaccinated for the first time216105
(8) Persons re-vaccinated233—
Vaccination against Poliomyelitis :
(9) Persons who received a reinforcing dose631329
(10) Persons who completed a primary course of vaccination654426
B.C.G. Vaccination :
Number of children eligible1050
Number of forms received—685 (65.2%)
Initial skin test:
Number tested...633
Number absent...52
Results of test reading :
Number found with negative reaction...557
Number found with positive reaction...48
Number absent...28
B.C.G. Vaccination :
Number of negative reactors vaccinated...557