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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
Harrow 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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| Age Group | Number of persons who received | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salk Vaccine | Oral Vaccine | ||||
| 1 injection only | Second injection | 1 dose only | 2 doses only | Third dose | |
| Children born in 1962 | — | 86 | 17 | 33 | 160 |
| Children born in 1961 | 43 | 977 | 72 | 54 | 419 |
| Children and young persons born in years 1943-1960 | 30 | 851 | 39 | 23 | 125 |
| Young persons born in years 1933-1942 | 12 | 539 | 19 | 17 | 88 |
| Others | 20 | 920 | 33 | 22 | 140 |
| Total | 105 | 3,373 | 180 | 149 | 932 |
{b) Reinforcing doses:—
Number of persons given third injections of Salk vaccine 6,499
Number of persons given fourth injections of Salk vaccine 2,148
Number of persons given a reinforcing dose of oral vaccine 2,337
MEASLES
This was a mild year for measles in the district.
Immunisation.
Gamma-globulin can be given in certain instances to infants where an
attack might aggravate a pre-existing condition, e.g. in asthma, bronchitis
or in young children with congenital heart conditions. The immunity
Provided is, of course, temporary, but there is now hope of a vaccine
which will be available for active immunisation.
WHOOPING COUGH
Only 18 cases were notified during the year.
Immunisation.
2,606 children were inoculated against whooping cough during the
year.
TUBERCULOSIS
The following table gives the age and sex distribution both of persons
who were resident in the district when it was recognised that they were
suffering from tuberculosis and of those who moved into the district
already suffering from the disease.