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Walthamstow 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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"Liaison with General Practitioners.—Nine of the midwives
worked with ten general practitioners in regard to ante-natal sessions
held by the latter at their surgeries, and also with three other general
practitioners who held ante-natal examinations in the patients'
homes."
VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
(Section 26)
During 1958 immunisation against diphtheria and whooping
cough and vaccination against smallpox were available at all welfare
centres and at the special clinic held weekly at the Town Hall.
Most medical practitioners in the town also participated in the
County Council's scheme for vaccination against smallpox and
poliomyelitis, and immunisation against diphtheria and whooping
cough, a fee of 5/-d. being payable on the completion of a report.
The following were the attendances during the weekly Town
Hall Clinic:—
Diphtheria Immunisation 200
Whooping Cough Immunisation 212
Vaccination 192
Total 604
Vaccination against Smallpox
The number and ages of persons vaccinated are shown below:—
| Age at date of Vaccination | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6 months | 6-12 months | year | 2—4 years | 5—14 years | 15 years and over | Total | |
| Primary | 343 | 317 | 34 | 26 | 62 | 121 | 903 |
| Secondary | – | – | 1 | 6 | 20 | 186 | 213 |
| Total | 343 | 317 | 35 | 32 | 82 | 307 | 1,116 |
Vaccinated by General Practitioners 780
Vaccinated by County Staff 336
The "Vaccination acceptance rate", i.e., the percentage of
primary vaccinations under the age of one year relative to the
number of live births for the year 1958 was 51 per cent. (The rate
for England and Wales for 1957 was 43 per cent.)