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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
Havering 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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consist of a single injection of live attenuated vaccine. Immunisation
was initially restricted to susceptible children in the4to
7 year age group, but extended to other ages as increased supplies
of vaccine became available. Parents of all children attending
infant schools were circularised and invited to have their children
immunised as were parents with children in residential establishments
and day nurseries. Protection against measles is to be
incorporated in the routine immunisation schedule and will then
be given to children between the ages of 1 and 2 years.
Details of the vaccination and immunisation statistics are
given in the following tables with the 1967 figures appended for
purpose of comparison:
TABLE 17
| Type of antigen | No. of children | |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1967 | |
| Diphtheria/Pertussis/Tetanus/Poliomyelitis | - | 1 |
| Diphtheria/Pertussis/Tetanus | 3658 | 3681 |
| Diphtheria/Pertussis | — | — |
| Diphtheria/Tetanus | 679 | 611 |
| Diphtheria | 6 | 25 |
| Pertussis | 3 | 32 |
| Tetanus | 1287 | 1487 |
| Poliomyelitis (salk vaccine) | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis (sabin vaccine) | 4748 | 4240 |
| Smallpox vaccination | 3533 | 3336 |
| Measles | 4431 | - |
Table 18 sets out the number of children protected against
each disease during the year including those who received
combined antigens:
TABLE 18
| Disease | No. of children immunised | |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1967 | |
| Diphtheria | 4343 | 4318 |
| Pertussis | 3661 | 3714 |
| Tetanus | 5624 | 5780 |
| Poliomyelitis | 4748 | 4242 |
| Smallpox | 3533 | 3336 |
| Tuberculosis | 1848 | 2270 |
| Measles | 4421 | - |