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
Hillingdon 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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IMMUNISATION
The following table shows the numbers of children immunised during the year at Council
Clinics or by private medical practitioners:
Primary Immunisation—Disease
| Year of Birth | Total 1972 | Total 1971 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 197 1 | 1970 | 1969 | 1965-68 | Others under 16 | |||
| Diphtheria | 88 | 1,873 | 741 | 90 | 305 | 30 | 3,127 | 3,209 |
| German Measles | 892 | *892 | 1,553 | |||||
| Measles | 1 | 1,090 | 642 | 158 | 181 | 13 | 2,085 | 2,202 |
| Poliomyelitis | 80 | 1,913 | 837 | 82 | 492 | 24 | 3,428 | 3,066 |
| Tetanus | 88 | 1,872 | 744 | 94 | 315 | 42 | 3,155 | 3,237 |
| Whooping Cough | 82 | 1,648 | 667 | 58 | 98 | 3 | 2,555 | 2,908 |
* This figure represents 54.6% of eligible school population.
Re-inforcing Doses—Vaccine
| Year of Birth | Total 1972 | Total 1971 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1965-68 | Others under 16 | |||
| Diphtheria | 9 | 13 | 22 | 18 | ||||
| Tetanus only | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 159 | 179 | 277 | |
| Combined Dip./Tet. | 12 | 28 | 30 | 1,511 | 1,550 | 3,131 | 5,765 | |
| Triple— | ||||||||
| Dip./Tet./W.cough | 17 | 37 | 6 | 185 | 43 | 288 | 865 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 42 | 62 | 46 | 1,578 | 1,362 | 3,091 | 5,279 |