Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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SECTION 26 - VACCINATION & IMMUNISATION
Vaccination or Immunisation is undertaken against the following diseases-
Diphtheria Smallpox
Whooping Cough Tuberculosis
Poliomyelitis
TABLE 23 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 | 1960 | 629 | 89 | 36 | 22 | 56 | 832 |
1961 | 521 | 118 | 50 | 56 | 84 | 829 | |
Number re-vaccinated | 1960 | 1 | — | 4 | 7 | 102 | 114 |
1961 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 129 | 157 |
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).
TABLE 24 DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION
Immunisation carried out by | Age at date of final injection or of reinforcing injection as appropriate | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 year | 1-4 years | 5-14 years | |||||||
1960 | 1961 | 1960 | 1961 | 1960 | 1961 | 1960 | 1961 | ||
Number of children who completed a full course of primary immunisation during the year | General Practitioners | 681 | 303 | 257 | 756 | 38 | 124 | 976 | 1183 |
Local Health Authority | 356 | 164 | 189 | 372 | 50 | 108 | 595 | 644 | |
Totals | 1037 | 467 | 446 | 1128 | 88 | 232 | 1571 | 1827 | |
Number of children who received a secondary or reinforcing injection during the year | General Practitioners | 2 | — | 97 | 54 | 162 | 443 | 261 | 497 |
Local Health Authority | — | — | 466 | 91 | 128 | 639 | 594 | 730 | |
Totals | 2 | — | 563 | 145 | 290 | 1082 | 855 | 1227 |