London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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| TYPE OF COURSE OR DOSE | Y E AR OF BIRTH | OTH ERS UNDER 16 Y EARS | TOTAL | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1969 | 1968 | 1967 | 1963-66 | ||||||
| Diphtheria-Primary | 65 | 1,990 | 595 | 41 | 61 | 14 | 2,766 | |||
| Booster | - | 56 | 611 | 114 | 2,41 1 | 68 | 3,260 | |||
| Whooping Cough - Primary | 65 | 1,967 | 579 | 39 | 42 | 6 | 2,698 | |||
| Booster | • | 48 | 566 | 94 | 375 | 19 | 1.102 | |||
| Tetanus - Primary | 65 | 1,993 | 596 | 44 | 74 | 1 15 | 2,887 | |||
| Booster | - | 56 | 612 | 121 | 2,515 | 179 | 3,483 | |||
| Poliomyelitis - Primary | 65 | 2, 184 | 636 | 47 | 90 | 27 | 3,049 | |||
| Booster. | - | 44 | 588 | 122 | 2,414 | 78 | 3,246 | |||
| Measles | 582 | 71 1 | 330 | 443 | 90 | 2,166 | ||||
| Rubella | - | - | 243 | 243 | ||||||
| TYPE OF VACCINE USED | IMMUNISATIONS OR VACCINATIONS COMPLETED BY GENERAL PRACTITIONERS | IMMUNISATIONS OR VACCINATIONS COMPLETED BY BOROUGH STAFF | ||||||||
| PRIMARY COU RS ES | REINFORCING DOSES | PRIMARY COURSES | REINFORCING DOSES | |||||||
| Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus and | - | . | - | - | ||||||
| Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and Tetanus | 1,228 | 787 | 1,470 | 315 | ||||||
| Diphtheria and Whooping Cough combined | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria and Tetanus combined | 9 | 6$0 | 57 | 1,478 | ||||||
| Diphtheria only | 2 | 4 | - | 6 | ||||||
| Whooping Cough only | ||||||||||
| Tetanus only | 120 | 143 | 3 | 100 | ||||||
| Poliomyelitis:- (a) Salk | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| (b) Sabin | 1,467 | 1,399 | 1,582 | 1,847 | ||||||
| Small pox | 1,119 | 254 | 479 | 27 | ||||||
| Measles | 1,452 | 704 | ||||||||
| Rubella | 243 | |||||||||
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