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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
Waltham Forest 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
TYPE OF VACCINE OR DOSE
YEAR OF BIRTH
OTHERS
UNDER
AGE
TOTAL
1905
1964
1963
1982
1958-61
Diphtheria - Primary
1,530
1,586
391
819
164
33
3,785
Booster
21
654
1,004
286
1,414
87
3,466
Whooping Cough —Primary
1,525
1,576
377
77
97
25
3,677
Booster
21
644
957
246
641
43
2,552
Tetanus - Primary
1,530
1,600
411
110
372
32
4,055
Booster
21
654
988
271
1,195
89
3,218
Poliomyelitis - Primary
829
1,913
396
167
208
75
3,588
Booster
6
160
200
97
1,387
99
1,949
TYPE OF VACCINE USED
IMMUNISATION S OR
VACCINATIONS COMPLETED
BY GENERAL
PRACTITIONERS
IMMUNISATIONS OR
VACCINATIONS COMPLETED
BY BOROUGH
STAFF
PRIMARY
COURSES
REIN
FORCING
DOSES
PRIMARY
COURSES
REIN
FORCING
DOSES
Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus and
Poliomyelitis combined
143
183
-
-
Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and Tetanus
combined
1,645
1,247
1,883
1,120
Diphtheria and Whooping Cough combined
-
-
2
-
Diphtheria and Tetanus combined
23
183
46
417
Diphtheria only
18
83
25
233
Whooping Cough only
4
2
-
-
Tetanus only
121
39
194
29
Poliomyelitis:-
(a) Salk
49
119
7
-
(b) Sabin
1,478
719
1,911
928
Smallpox
1,016
155
994
74
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