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Ilford 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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WHOOPING COUGH IMMUNISATION.- The following are the details of the number of children immunised against whooping cough at the Valentines and Mayesbrook Clinics where sessions were held for this purpose and at the Newbury Hall and Manford Way Infant Welfare Centres, together with records of such courses completed by general practitioners.
| Valentines Clinic | Mayesbrook Clinic | Newbury Hall and Manford Way Clinics | *General Practitioners | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inoculations (full course) | Reinoculations (one only) | Attendances | Inoculations (full course) | Reinoculations (one only) | Attendances | Inoculations (full course) | Reinoculations (one only) | Attendances | Inoculations (full course) | Reinoculations (one only) | |
| Children under 5 years of age | 121 | - | 372 | 167 | - | 514 | 81 | - | 245 | 796 | 14 |
| Children 5 years of age and over | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 12 | 76 |
| Totals | 122 | - | 375 | 167 | - | 514 | 81 | - | 247 | 808 | 90 |
*For comparison, as it is not the policy of the County
Council to use a combined diphtheria/pertussis vaccine,
only plain pertussis injections carried out by general practitioners
are entered in the above table. The figures for records
received of combined diphtheria/pertussis courses of
injections are as follows.
Inoculations 514 Re-inoculations 200
VACCINATION AGAINST POLIOMYELITIS.- The
programme of vaccination of the eligible groups, i.e. children
and young persons from the age of six months to 25
years, expectant mothers, doctors, nurses, ambulance
staff and their families proceeded during 1959, sufficient
vaccine being made available to cover all those who registered.
Since early in I960 this vaccination has been made
available to all persons up to the age of 40 years at the time