London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Southgate 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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The figures do not however take account of movement of population into or out of the Borough
| Disease | Age Range of population of Southgate estimated to possess useful protection conferred by vaccination or immunisation |
| Diphtheria | From infancy to approximately age 40 During 1964, 92% of children reaching the age of 2 years had been immunised |
| Whooping Cough From infancy to age 40 | |
| Tetanus | From infancy to age 20 Plus 124 of staff of Southgate Borough Council |
| Smallpox | From infancy to approximately 10 years— very fully protected, and to perhaps 15 or 20 years fairly fully protected. Vary ing numbers in ages beyond this. During 1964, 78% of children reaching the age of 2 years had been successfully vaccinated |
| Poliomyelitis | From infancy to age 25 years—very fully protected, and also to a lesser extent up to age 50 or over |
| Tuberculosis | Ages 13-24 very fully protected. This is the group who have received B.C.G. vaccination in school. The consent rate to B.C.G. vaccination for 1964 was 80.3% |
| Measles | 115 children aged 1 to 2 years were vaccinated during 1964 under the Research scheme of the Medical Research Council. 1965 is expected to be an epidemic year for measles and this will test the efficacy of the vaccine in these 115 children whose parents volunteered to take part in the trial |