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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

Richmond upon Thames 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Table: TABLE 14. POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATION.Northern Division — Richmond and Barnes.PRIMARY COURSE.

TABLE 14. POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATION.

Northern Division — Richmond and Barnes.

PRIMARY COURSE.

Age Group — Born inNumber of Persons who completed a Primary Course of Treatment in 1963.
1963.120
1962.630
1961.146
1943-60.123
1933-42.60
Others.10
Total1,089

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In addition 1,022 re-inforcing doses were given during the year.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Vaccination Against Tuberculosis.
During 1963 a total of 430 boys and girls were inoculated with
B.C.G. in the Northern Division (Richmond and Barnes).
NOTIFICATIONS :
Respiratory Tuberculosis.
Twenty-eight cases of respiratory tuberculosis were notified
during the year, viz : — 15 males and 13 females. The corresponding
figure for 1962 was 33.
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis.
Two new cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis were notified
during the year and there were no deaths from this cause. Three cases
were notified in 1962.

Table: TABLE 15. TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER.After all additions and deletions had been taken into account the number of cases of tuberculosis remaining upon the Register at the close of the year was as under:-

TABLE 15. TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER.

After all additions and deletions had been taken into account the number of cases of tuberculosis remaining upon the Register at the close of the year was as under:-

PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
Males1012
Females4711
14813
Corresponding figures for 196216312