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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 1967
[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 | OTH ERS UNDER 16 Y EARS | TOTAL | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196 7 | 1966 | 1965 | 1964 | 1960-63 | |||||||
| Diphtheria - Primary | 1,302 | 1,778 | 87 | 43 | 113 | 75 | 3,338 | ||||
| Booster | 1 | 829 | 1,438 | 167 | 2,044 | 90 | 4,568 | ||||
| Whooping Cough - Primary | 1,285 | 1,764 | 87 | 42 | 51 | 8 | 3,237 | ||||
| Booster | 1 | 798 | 1,356 | 149 | 555 | 36 | 2,895 | ||||
| Tetanus - Primary | 1,302 | 1,778 | 88 | 43 | 252 | 136 | 3,589 | ||||
| Booster | 1 | 827 | 1,441 | 170 | 2,039 | 152 | 4,630 | ||||
| Poliomyelitis - Primary | 1,254 | 1,939 | 119 | 69 | 248 | 58 | 3,683 | ||||
| Booster | — | 712 | 985 | 89 | 1,952 | 109 | 3,847 | ||||
| TYPEOF VACCINE USED | IMMUNISATIONS OR VACCINATIONS COMPLETED BY GENERAL PRACTITI ONERS | IMMUNISATIONS OR VACCINATIONS COMPLETED BY BOROUGH STAFF | |||||||||
| PRIMARY COURSES | REIN FORCIN G DOSES | P RIM A RY COU RSES | REIN FORCING DOSES | ||||||||
| Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus and Poliomyelitis combined | 1 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and Tetanus combined | 1,425 | 1,290 | 1,811 | 1,602 | |||||||
| Diphtheria and Whooping Cough combined | — | 3 | — | — | |||||||
| Diphtheria and Tetanus combined | 31 | 456 | 65 | 1,180 | |||||||
| Diphtheria only | 5 | 9 | — | 29 | |||||||
| Whooping Cough only | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Tetanus only | 88 | 95 | 178 | 7 | |||||||
| Poliomyelitis:- | |||||||||||
| (a) Salk | 13 | 15 | — | — | |||||||
| (b) Sabin | 1,511 | 1,513 | 2,158 | 2,319 | |||||||
| Smallpox | 816 | 85 | 969 | 11 | |||||||
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