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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
Leyton 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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The following tables show the number of persons who were immunised during the year
| NATURE OF VACCINATION/IMMUNISATION | RECORDS RECEIVED PROM GENERAL PRACTITIONERS | VACCINATIONS BY COUNTY STAFF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Courses | Reinforcing Doses | Primary Courses | Reinforcing Doses | |
| Diphtheria, Pertussis & Tetanus | 319 | 140 | 310 | 341 |
| Diphtheria and Tetanus | 5 | 35 | 16 | 25 |
| Diphtheria | 47 | 54 | - | 74 |
| Pertussis | 40 | 20 | 14 | - |
| Tetanus | 941 | 7 | 2049 | - |
| Poliomyelitis - | ||||
| (1) Salk Vaccine | 222 | 557 | 23 | 126 |
| (2) Sabin Vaccine | 485 | 492 | 739 | 584 |
| Smallpox | 357 | 333 | 43 | 2 |
| B. C. G. | - | - | 517 | - |
| Others - Quadrilin | 71 | 2 | - | - |
| TOTALS | 2487 | 1640 | 3711 | 1152 |
Poliomyelitis Vaccination
| TOTAL VACCINATED DURING: - | PRIMARY | BOOSTER | FOURTH | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salk | Oral | Salk | Oral | Salk | Oral | |
| 1956 | 347 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1957 | 2662 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1958 | 6360 | - | 1037 | - | - | - |
| 1959 | 10096 | - | 9653 | - | - | - |
| 1960 | 3455 | - | 7851 | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 5558 | - | 3106 | - | 3356 | - |
| 1962 | 1080 | 593 | 2769 | 1245 | 636 | 1283 |
| 1963 | 202 | 1043 | 349 | 386 | 233 | 591 |
| TOTAL VACCINATED TO END OP 1963 | 29,760 | 1636 | 24,765 | 1631 | 4225 | 1874 |
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