London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Kingston upon Thames 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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Measles
Number who received immunisation 492
Smallpox
Primary Vaccination
Number who received primary vaccination 71
Reinforcing
Number who received revaccination 321 392
Rubella (German measles)
Number who received immunisation 478
Vaccination against Tuberculosis
Daring the year one school child was notified by the Chest
Clinic as a positive case of tuberculosis of the neck glards.
The scheme for the routine B.C.G. (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin)
vaccination of school children between their thirteenth and fourteenth
birthdays continued during the year under review. Pulmonary tuberculosis
is steadily being brought under control by early diagnosis and rapid
and efficient treatment. The following table summarises the work
undertaken:
Routine B.C.G. Programme
| B.C.G. Offered | Consented | Absent | Mantoux Positive | Vaccinated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1297 | 1111 | 33 | 70 | 1008 |
Children found to be Mantoux positive were referred to the Chest
Clinic for chest X-ray, but none of these was found to have active disease.