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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 1969
[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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1962-65 | |||||||
| Diphtheria - Primary | 72 | 1,230 | 109 | 5 I | 84 | 12 | 1.558 | ||||
| Booster | 8 | 519 | 1,408 | 133 | 2,232 | 100 | 4,400 | ||||
| Whooping Cough - Primary | 72 | 1,220 | 108 | 47 | 49 | 9 | 1,505 | ||||
| Booster | 8 | 490 | 1,363 | 123 | 453 | 25 | 2.462 | ||||
| Tetanus - Primary | 72 | 1,230 | 1 10 | 49 | 95 | 66 | 1,622 | ||||
| Booster | 8 | 522 | 1,408 | 139 | 2,296 | 198 | 4,57 1 | ||||
| Poliomyelitis-Primary | 73 | 1,233 | 121 | 57 | 163 | 28 | 1,675 | ||||
| Booster | 8 | 517 | 1,293 | 140 | 2,130 | 172 | 4,260 | ||||
| Measles | 148 | 415 | 328 | 576 | 427 | 1,894 | |||||
| TYPE OF VACCINE USED | IMMUNISATIONS OR VACCINATIONS COMPLETED BY GENERAL PRACTITIONERS | IMMUNISATIONS OR VACCINATIONS COMPLETED BY BOROUGH STAFF | |||||||||
| PRIMARY COURSES | REINFORCING DOSES | PRIMARY COURSES | REINFORCING DOSES | ||||||||
| Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus and | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and Tetanus combined | 91 1 | 1.106 | .592 | 1,355 | |||||||
| Diphtheria and Whooping Cough combined | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Diphtheria and Tetanus combined | 12 | 439 | 40 | 1,486 | |||||||
| Diphtheria only | 4 | 3 | - | 10 | |||||||
| Whooping Cough only | - | 2 | - | - | |||||||
| Tetanus only | 57 | 128 | 10 | 56 | |||||||
| Poliomyelitis:- (a) Salk | |||||||||||
| (b) Sabin | 964 | 1,540 | 71 1 | 2,720 | |||||||
| Smallpox | 901 | 191 | 496 | 10 | |||||||
| Measles | 975 | - | 919 | - | |||||||