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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
| TYPE OF COURSE OR DOSE | YEAR OF BIRTH | OTHERS UNDER 16 YEARS | TOTAL | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1965 | 1964 | 1963 | 1959-62 | ||||||
| Diphtheria-Primary | 1,425 | 1,565 | 134 | 46 | 100 | 16 | 3,286 | |||
| Booster | 5 | 761 | 1,444 | 189 | 1,976 | 82 | 4,457 | |||
| Whooping Cough — Primary | 1,414 | 1,551 | 134 | 41 | 45 | 5 | 3,190 | |||
| Booster | 4 | 747 | 1,427 | 174 | 686 | 35 | 3,073 | |||
| Tetanus-Primary | 1,422 | 1,567 | 135 | 47 | 362 | 112 | 3,645 | |||
| Booster | 6 | 761 | 1,444 | 188 | 1,895 | 103 | 4,397 | |||
| Poliomyelitis-Primary | 1,240 | 2,286 | 259 | 87 | 277 | 57 | 4,206 | |||
| Booster | 6 | 117 | 220 | 59 | 1,872 | 73 | 2,347 | |||
| TYPE OF VACCINE USED | IMMUNISATIONS FOR 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 | 81 | 43 | - | - | ||||||
| Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and Tetanus combined | 1,350 | 1,498 | 1,759 | 1,532 | ||||||
| Diphtheria and Whooping Cough combined | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Diphtheria and Tetanus combined | 23 | 327 | 63 | 941 | ||||||
| Diphtheria only | 3 | 23 | 7 | 93 | ||||||
| Whooping Cough only | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Tetanus only | 66 | 29 | 303 | 29 | ||||||
| Poliomyelitis:- | ||||||||||
| (a) Salk | 54 | 31 | - | 2 | ||||||
| (b) Sabin | 1,368 | 266 | 2,705 | 1,405 | ||||||
| Smallpox | 1,226 | 232 | 1,183 | 32 | ||||||