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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
Walthamstow 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION IN RELATION TO CHILD POPULATION During the past five years the percentages immunised in the various age groups were as follows :—
| Age at Immunisation | Total % Immunised to Population in Age Groups | Notified Cases | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Regd. Births | 0—1 year | 1—2 years | 2—3 years | 3-4 years | 4-5 years | Total 0—5 years | School Age | Over School Age | Grand Total | % 0—1 to Total Births | % 0—5 years | % 5—15 years | % 0—15 years | Admitted to Hospital | Diagnosis Confirmed | Deaths |
| 1950 | 1,598 | 707 | 288 | 29 | 31 | 18 | 1,073 | 261 | — | 1,334 | 44.2 | 60.5 | 96.5 | 81.9 | 11 | 1 | |
| 1951 | 1,637 | 670 | 442 | 59 | 22 | 19 | 1,212 | 265 | — | 1,477 | 40.9 | 58.1 | 99.3 | 83.0 | 11 | — | — |
| 1952 | 1,512 | 723 | 361 | 48 | 24 | 18 | 1,174 | 412 | — | 1,586 | 47.8 | 49.4 | 98.3 | 79.6 | 10 | — | — |
| 1953 | 1,454 | 610 | 324 | 36 | 16 | 19 | 1,005 | 191 | — | 1,196 | 41.9 | 44.4 | 92.5 | 73.8 | 13 | — | — |
| 1954 | 1,474 | 685 | 300 | 58 | 29 | 21 | 1,093 | 259 | — | 1,352 | 46.5 | 42.5 | 96.1 | 75.3 | 6 | — | — |
Number of children at 31st December, 1954, who had completed a course of immunisation at any time
before that date (i.e., at any time since 1st January, 1940) :—
Under 1 (born 1954) 176
1— 4 (born 1953-1950) 4,055
5— 9 (born 1949-1945) 8,507
10—14 (born 1944-1940) 6,626
Total immunised under 15 years 19,364