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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
Hounslow 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]
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Table 4 Venereal disease patients treated at West Middlesex Hospital
| Syphilis | 34 |
| Gonorrhoea | 200 |
| Other conditions | 1240 |
| Total | 1474 |
| The figures include patients who do not normally reside in the borough and exclude borough residents attending other hospitals for similar treatment for the first time. | |
Table 5 Ophthalmia Neonatorum
| Total number of cases notified during the year Number of cases in which: | - |
| Vision lost | - |
| Vision impaired | - |
| Treatment continuing at end of year | - |
Table 6 Vaccination and immunisation
| Year of birth | Others under age 16 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of vaccine | 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1965 | 1961-64 | ||
| Quadruple DTPP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Triple DTP | 1096 | 1391 | 92 | 30 | 37 | 6 | 2652 |
| Diphtheria/Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria/Tetanus | 104 | 144 | 38 | 23 | 151 | 176 | 636 |
| Diphtheria | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Tetanus | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 248 | 253 |
| Salk | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Sabin | 1165 | 1567 | 176 | 83 | 220 | 179 | 3390 |
| Measles | 14 | 636 | 732 | 719 | 1518 | 32 | 3651 |
| Lines 1+2+3+4+5 (Diphtheria) | 1200 | 1539 | 130 | 55 | 188 | 182 | 3294 |
| Lines 142+3+6 (Whooping Cough) | 1097 | 1393 | 92 | 30 | 37 | 6 | 2655 |
| Lines 1+2+4+7 (Tetanus) | 1200 | 1537 | 130 | 54 | 190 | 430 | 3541 |
| Lines 1+8+9 (Poliomyelitis) | 1170 | 1576 | 178 | 85 | 222 | 180 | 3411 |
| Type of vaccine | Year of birth | Others under age 16 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1965 | 1961-64 | |||
| Quadruple DTPP | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Triple DTP | - | 632 | 980 | 63 | 276 | 35 | 1986 |
| Diphtheria/Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria/Tetanus | - | 110 | 145 | 54 | 2274 | 482 | 3065 |
| Diphtheria | - | 2 | 6 | - | 6 | 67 | 81 |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tetanus | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 379 | 405 |
| Salk | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sabin | - | 676 | 1029 | 108 | 2492 | 415 | 4720 |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lines 1+2+3+4+5 (Diphtheria) | - | 744 | 1131 | 117 | 2556 | 584 | 5132 |
| Lines 1+2+3+6 (Whooping Cough) | - | 632 | 981 | 63 | 276 | 35 | 1987 |
| Lines 1+2+4+7 (Tetanus) | - | 745 | 1127 | 119 | 2569 | 896 | 5456 |
| Lines 1+8+9 (Poliomyelitis) | - | 676 | 1029 | 108 | 2493 | 416 | 4722 |