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Richmond upon Thames 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond upon Thames]

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Table: Health Visiting

Health Visiting

Cases visited by health visitorsNumber of cases
1Total number of cases10,649
2Children born in 19702,716
3Children torn in 19692,364
4Children born in 1965-683,940
5Total number of children in lines 2 — 49,020
6Persons aged 65 or over1,203
7Number included in line 6 who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or hospital470
8Mentally disordered persons ...51
9Number included in line 8 who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or hospital25
10Persons, excluding maternity cases, discharged from hospital (other than mental hospitals)20
11Number included in line 10 who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or hospital8
12Number of tuberculous households visited ...—
13Number of households visited on account of other infectious diseases12
14Other cases948
15Number of tuberculous households visited by tuberculosis
visitor144

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VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION

Table: Table 1. Immunisation against Dipththeria/Whooping Cough/Tetanus (separately or combined), Poliomyelitis, Measles, German Measles.

Table 1. Immunisation against Dipththeria/Whooping Cough/Tetanus (separately or combined), Poliomyelitis, Measles, German Measles.

Type of VaccineYEAR OF BIRTHOthers Under 16T otal
19701969196819671963/66
PRIMARY COURSEDIPHTHERIA108116932698121632
WHOOPING COUGH10311343148511565
TETANUS108116932610122681893
POLIOMYELITIS10511053301018151583
MEASLES23958491168286481974
GERMAN MEASLES—————4444
RE-INFORCING DOSESDIPHTHERIA310145010716407393040
WHOOPING COUGH—623356718947700
TETANUS3106450109164910923409
POLIOMYELITIS29043710815856692891