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 Willesden]
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DIPHTHERIA
Table 68 Immunisation
Age at 31.12.56 | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | Totals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Courses completed (primary or boosting) during last 5 years 1952-56 | 233 | 857 | 1,246 | 1,110 | 1,350 | 4,579 | 822 | 10,197 |
Courses completed (primary or boosting) during the period 1942-52 | — | — | — | — | — | 5,461 | 11,553 | 17,014 |
Approximate number of children (end of 1956) 0— 5 13,001
5—15 22,044
35,045
POLIOMYELITIS
Table 69 Inoculations
Year of Birth | No. registered at 31.3.56 | No. received two injections at 31.12.56 | No. received one injection at 31.12.56 |
---|---|---|---|
1947 | 908 | 103 | 1 |
1948 | 970 | 94 | 6 |
1949 | 905 | 51 | 6 |
1950 | 855 | 41 | 6 |
1951 | 527 | 38 | 6 |
1952 | 260 | 23 | 4 |
1953 | 198 | 30 | 1 |
1954 | 193 | 19 | 4 |
Totals: | 4,816 | 399 | 34 |
HOME HELPS
Table 70 Cases: Home Helps
Cases receiving help at | No. of new cases helped during | No. of cases receiving help at | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.1.56 | 1.1.55 | 1956 | 1955 | 31.12.56 | 31.12.55 | |
Maternity | 2 | - | 77 | 85 | 3 | 2 |
Tuberculosis | 36 | 44 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 36 |
Chronic sick and aged | 494 | 373 | 253 | 284 | 511 | 494 |
Others | 64 | 51 | 84 | 130 | 45 | 64 |
Totals | 596 | 493 | 428 | 516 | 584 | 596 |