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East Ham 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 29 WHOOPING COUGH IMMUNISATION
| Immunisation carried out by | Age at date of final injection | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 - 4 years | 5-14 years | Total | |||||
| 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | ||
| Number of children who completed a full course of Primary Immunisation during the year. | General Practitioners | 598 | 845 | 10 | 18 | 599 | 863 |
| Local Health Authority | 478 | 410 | 11 | 5 | 489 | 415 | |
| 1,067 | 1,255 | 21 | 23 | 1,088 | 1,278 | ||
TABLE 30 SMALLPOX VACCINATION
| Number of persons vaccinated or re-vaccinated | Totals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at date of vaccination | |||||||
| Under 1 year | 1 year | 2-4 years | 5-14 years | Over 14 years | |||
| Number vaccinated | 1958 | 551 | 80 | 57 | 63 | 72 | 823 |
| 1959 | 532 | 50 | 30 | 24 | 65 | 701 | |
| Number re-vaccinated | 1958 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 95 | 110 |
| 1959 | 4 | - | 4 | 9 | 88 | 105 | |
All vaccinations were carried out by general practitioners.
There were no cases specially reported during the period under review of
(a) Generalised vaccinia.
(b) Post-vaccinal encephalomyelitis.
(c) Death from complications of vaccinations other than (a) and (b)
One must continue to applaud the efforts of the general practitioners to raise up the vaccinal
state of the community.