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Walthamstow 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Details of the immunisations included in the above total
are set out below: -
Number completed at Schools 199
" Welfare Centres 183
" Town Hall Clinic 57
" Brookscroft 89
by General Practitioners 519
Total 1,047
Forty five children included in the above table were given
combined whooping cough/diphtheria antigen and One hundred and
thirty four children were given whooping cough/diphtheria/tetanus
antigen by general practitioners. Also Thirteen children
received 'booster' doses. These prophylactics were not supplied
by the County Council.
During'the past five years the numbers immunised in the various age groups were as follows:-
| Age at Immunisation | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 0-1 Veer | 1-2 Years | 2-3 Years | 3-4 Years | 4-5 Years | Total 0-5 Years | School Age | Grand Total | Aim tted to Hospital* |
| 1955 | 560 | 157 | 36 | 20 | 13 | 786 | 156 | 942 | 6 |
| 1956 | 73V | 235 | 34 | 36 | 29 | 1 071 | 126 | 1 197 | 6 |
| 1957 | 752 | 178 | 52 | 22 | 44 | 1.048 | 302 | 1.350 | 4 |
| 1958 | 808 | 145 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 1,049 | 127 | 1, 176 | 2 |
| 1959 | 718 | 116 | 38 | 17 | 24 | 913 | 134 | 1, 047 | 2 |
*In no case was the diagnosis confirmed
The number of children immunised, especially in the 0-1
age group, falls short of the target of immunisation in this
group, i.e. 75%. The percentage of children immunised in this
age group was 50.
The numbers of children under 15 years of age at 31st
December 1959, who had completed a course of immunisation at
any time before that date are shown in the following groups:-
Under 1 (born 1959)
1-4 (born 1958-55)
5-9 (born 1954-50)
10-14(born 1949-45)
271
3,450
6,096
8, 944
Total immunised under 15 years 18,761