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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
Ilford 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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| Kenwood Gardens Clinic | Mayesbrook Clinic | Infant Welfare Centres | *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 | 102 | - | 301 | 174 | - | 512 | 142 | - | 498 | 928 | 38 |
| Children 5 years of age and over | 1 | - | 8 | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 18 | 81 |
| Totals | 103 | - | 309 | 176 | - | 516 | 142 | - | 498 | 946 | 119 |
*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 707 Re-inoculations 423
VACCINATION AGAINST POLIOMYELITIS. - The programme
of vaccination of the eligible groups, i.e. children and adults from the
age of six months to 40 years at the date of registration, expectant
mothers, and doctors, dentists, nurses, ambulance and certain other
Public Health staff and their families proceeded during 1960, sufficient
vaccine being made available to cover all those who registered. Registration
of the older age group, although not high, has been steady.
The general practitioners have continued to play an important
part in the scheme and most of those practising in the Area are
participating.
During 1960 in addition to holding sessions at the various clinics,
many of which were combined with school clinic or Infant Welfare Centre
sessions, our medical and nursing staff, with the excellent co-operation
extended by many of the larger firms in the Area, continued to visit their
premises during working hours to vaccinate eligible persons employed
by them. The statistics given over-page show the vaccinations carried out
by our medical staff:.