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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
Willesden 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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IMMUNISATION
Table 58
| Year of birth | Number of children who completed a full course of primary immunisation. | Number of children who received a secondary (reinforcing) injection. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria only | Whooping cough only | Tetanus only | Combined diphtheria and whooping cough | Combined diphtheria and tetanus | Combined diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough | Diphtheria only | Whooping cough only | Tetanus only | Combined diphtheria and whooping cough | Combined diphtheria and tetanus | Combined diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough | |
| 1961 | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 995 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 1960 | 44 | 19 | - | - | 16 | 1,118 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 133 |
| 1959 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 175 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 96 |
| 1958 | 14 | 3 | 2 | - | 19 | 79 | 11 | - | - | - | 3 | 7 |
| 1957 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 51 | 94 | - | - | 2 | 14 | 30 |
| 1952-1956 | 159 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 92 | 138 | 657 | 32 | 3 | 13 | 66 | 200 |
| 1947-1951 | 90 | - | 6 | 3 | 35 | 73 | 191 | 30 | - | 4 | 9 | 69 |
| Totals | 342 | 38 | 27 | 27 | 206 | 2,629 | 962 | 62 | 3 | 20 | 94 | 536 |
Approximate number of children (end of 1961) 0- 5 16,908
5-15 20,072
36,980
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