Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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SECTION 26
VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION.
Vaccination against Smallpox.
Age at date of vaccination | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 year | 1—4 years | 5—14 years | 15 years or over | ||
Vaccinated | 362 | 39 | 16 | 73 | 490 |
Re-Vaccinated | ... | 5 | 16 | 202 | 223 |
Diphtheria Immunisation.
Age 0-5 years | Age 5-15 years | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
1. Number of children who completed the course of immunisation during the year : (a) At Municipal Clinics | 743 | 26 | 769 |
297 | 16 | 313 | |
2. Number of children who were given a secondary or reinforcing injection (i.e., subsequent to complete full course) | 44 | 363 | 407 |
3. (a) Approximate estimated child population at end of year | 7,720 | 13,839 | ... |
52.46 | 88.1 | ... |
Percentage of School Children Immunised.
Entrants | Second Age Group | Third Age Group | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. Exmd. | No. Immunised | % | No. Exmd. | No. Immunised | % | No. Exmd. | No. Immunised | % | |
1945 | 693 | 487 | 70.2 | 965 | 779 | 80.7 | 743 | 561 | 75.5 |
1946 | 1,240 | 919 | 74.1 | 1,191 | 889 | 74.6 | 913 | 634 | 69.4 |
1947 | 2,465 | 1,866 | 75.7 | 994 | 834 | 83.9 | 208 | 121 | 58.1 |
1948 | 1,200 | 914 | 76.1 | 1.062 | 879 | 82.7 | 1,018 | 752 | 73.8 |
1949 | 773 | 594 | 76.3 | 1,041 | 835 | 80.0 | 1,117 | 815 | 72.9 |
1950 | 1,405 | 1,061 | 75.5 | 1,237 | 951 | 76.0 | 1,079 | 880 | 81.5 |
1951 | 1,460 | 1,108 | 75.9 | 968 | 747 | 77.2 | 1,065 | 822 | 77.2 |
1952 | 1,939 | l.192 | 76.9 | 855 | 696 | 81.4 | 1,123 | 919 | 81.8 |
1953 | 1,680 | 1,438 | 85.59 | 1,271 | 1,019 | 80.2 | 1,587 | 829 | 76.3 |