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Hendon 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE XII.
NUMBER OF CHILDREN RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF HENDON WHO RECEIVED IMMUNISING INJECTIONS DURING 1958.
| Age at time of injection | Primary Inoculations | Reinforcing Injections | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria only | Combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough | Whooping Cough only | Diphtheria only | Combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough | Whooping Cough only | |
| Under 1 year of age | 518 | 360 | 416 | - | - | - |
| 1 year of age | 395 | 111 | 352 | 5 | 1 | - |
| 2—4 years of age | 63 | 26 | 25 | 130 | 11 | - |
| 5—14 years of age | 81 | 3 | - | 1,324 | 35 | - |
| 15 years and over | - | - | - | 2 | - | |
| TOTAL | 1,057 | 500 | 793 | 1,461 | 47 | - |
VACCINATION
The following table, the figures for which I am indebted to the Area Medical Officer, shows
the number of persons vaccinated or re-vaccinated in the Borough of Hendon during 1958.
TABLE XIII.
| Age at 31st December 1958 | Under 1 year | 1 year | 2—4 years | 5-14 years | 15 years and over | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number vaccinated | 1,111 | 53 | 30 | 34 | 125 | 1,353 |
| Number re-vaccinated | - | - | 13 | 62 | 574 | 649 |
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES OF VACCINATION
International Certificates of vaccination for persons travelling to certain countries abroad are
required in respect of Smallpox, Yellow Fever and Cholera.
Vaccination against any disease other than yellow fever can be done by a person's own doctor,
or exceptionally(by arrangement) at a hospital. So long as vaccination is done under the
National Health Service, whether by a person's own doctor or at a hospital, no charge may be made
for it, but in either case the doctor concerned may chargefor issuing an International Certificate.
Yellow fever vaccination must, for international and technical reasons, be done only at a
Centre designated by the Government; in London the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 4 St. Pancras
Way, N.W.1.
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