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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
East Ham 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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49.
SECTION 26 - VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION TABLE 29
| Immunisation carried out by | Age at date of final injection or of reinforcing injection as appropriate | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under l year | 1-4 years | 6-14 years | |||||||
| Number of children who completed a full course of primary immunisation during the year | General Practitioners | 1956 | 1957 | 1956 | 1957 | 1956 | 1967 | 1956 | 1957 |
| - | 378 | - | 199 | - | 22 | - | 699 | ||
| Local Health Authority | - | 391 | - | 97 | - | 35 | - | 523 | |
| Totals | 808 | 769 | 420 | 296 | 278 | 67 | 1506 | 1122 | |
| Number of children who received a secondary or reinforcing injection during the year | General Practitioners | - | 1 | - | 47 | - | 86 | - | 134 |
| Local Health Authority | - | - | - | 463 | - | 87 | - | 550 | |
| Totals | - | 1 | - | 510 | - | 173 | 2494 | 684 | |
TABLE 30
Number of children who at the end of the year had completed a course of immunisation at any time in the preceding 15 years.
| Age at 31st December of year under review | Under 1 year | 1-4 years | 5-9 years | 10 - 14 years | Total under 15 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Number of children who completed a course of immunisation (primary or booster) in the last five years. | 1956 | 258 | 4,069 | 4,013 | 1,267 | 9,607 |
| 1957 | 192 | 4,137 | 4,130 | 1,600 | 11,059 | |
| B Number of children who completed a course of immunisation (primary or booster) in the ten years preceding A above | 1956 | - | - | 4,341 | 5,685 | 10,020 |
| 1957 | - | - | 3,342 | 6,478 | 9,820 | |
| C Estimated mid-year child population | 1956 | 1,380 | 5,920 | 16,800 | 24,100 | |
| 1957 | 1,410 | 5,590 | 16,400 | 23,400 | ||
| D Immunity index i.e. percentage of children immunised in the past five years A/c x100/1 | 1956 | 18.6 | 68.7 | 31.8 | 39.8 | |
| 1957 | 13.6 | 74.0 | 34.9 | 47.3 | ||
It is pleasing to observe that the percentage of the child population immunised against diphtheria,
has risen from 68.7 per cent to 74 per cent (but the child population in the age group 1 year to 4 years
has fallen from 6,160 to 5,690).