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East Ham 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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SECTION 26-VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION

Table: DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION TABLE 27

DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION TABLE 27

Immunisation carried out byAge at date of final injection or of reinforcing injection as appropriateTotal
Under 1 year1-4 years5-14 years
Number of children who completed a full course of primary immunisation during the yearGeneral Practitioners19581959195819591958195919581959
4865122032243022719758
Local Health Authority2652231681533130464406
Totals751735371377615211831164
Number of children who received a secondary or reinforcing injection during the yearGeneral Practitioners54396016187205151
Local Health Authority--503483132102635585
Totals54542543293189840736

Table: TABLE 28Number of children who at the end of the year had completed a course of immunisation at any time in the preceding 15 years.

TABLE 28

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 reviewUnder 1 year1-4 years5-9 years10-14 yearsTotal under 15 years
A Number of children who completed a course of immunisation (primary or booster) in the last five years.19582273,9934,2881,75510,263
19592093,6874,6451,83010,371
B Number of children who completed a course of immunisation (primary or booster) in the ten years preceding A above1958--2,5906,8679,457
1959--2,1256,7408,865
C Estimated mid-year child population19581,4805,52015,50022,500
19591,4705,43014,90021,800
D Immunity index i.e. percentage of children immunised in the past five years A/c x 100/1195815.372.339.045.6
195914.267.543.547.6