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General
Protection against smallpox, diphtheria,
whooping cough, tetanus and poliomyelitis can be
obtained at local authority clinics or given by
general medical practitioners. A fee is paid to
general practitioners for notification to the
Medical Officer of Health of vaccinations or
immunisations carried out by them in respect of
children up to the age of 16. The local authority
does not provide vaccination against yellow fever,
cholera, typhoid or paratyphoid fevers and
persons desiring such protection should consult
their own doctors.
Yellow fever vaccination is carried out at the
following centres—
Hospital for Tropical Diseases 4 St Pancras Way
London NW1 Tel: Euston 4411 Ext 137
Medical Department Unilever House
Blackfriars EC4 Tel: Fleet Street 7474 Ext 2841
53 Great Cumberland Place W1
Tel: Ambassador 6456
Patients are seen by appointment only. No charge
is made.
Cholera, enteric fever and typhus vaccination
is available at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases
4 St Pancras Way NW1 Tel: Euston 4411
Ext 137 by appointment only.
Anthrax vaccine is available from the Central
Public Health Laboratory Colindale Avenue
NW9 Tel: Colindale 7041.

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