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
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 | 531 | 199 | 1016 | 319 |
Diphtheria and Tetanus | 8 | 50 | 44 | 69 |
Diphtheria | 23 | 33 | 2 | 144 |
Pertussis | 5 | 10 | - | - |
Tetanus | 109 | 4 | 152 | 2 |
Poliomyelitis - | ||||
(1) Salk Vaccine | 116 | 78 | 5 | 8 |
(2) Sabin Vaccine | 477 | 139 | 706 | 513 |
Smallpox | 390 | 200 | 343 | 8 |
B.C.G. | - | - | 293 | - |
Others - Quadrllin | 76 | 10 | 2 | _ |
TOTALS | 1735 | 723 | 2563 | 1063 |
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 |
1964 | 121 | 1183 | 66 | 68 | 20 | 584 |
TOTAL VACCINATED TO END OF 1964 | 29,881 | 2819 | 24,831 | 1699 | 4245 | 2458 |
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