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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]
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Vaccination and Immunisation
Vaccination and immunisation is provided
jointed by family doctors and local health
authority services
The revised schedule of procedures
shown below was adopted as from 1st
January This new schedule reduces the
number of injections and commences later
in the child s life, at the age of six months
As a result fewer completed courses of
immunisation have been recorded during the
year than would have been under the old
schedule
Age of Child
Vaccination Procedure (in months)
Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis
and Oral Poliomyelitis
First dose 6
Second dose 8
Third dose 14
Measles vaccination 15
Smallpox vaccination 16
Due to a national shortage of vaccine
measles vaccination which was first
introduced in May 1968 was continued on a
limited basis for susceptible children in
certain priority groups No severe reactions
were reported
Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus,
Poliomyelitis, Measles and Smallpox
The number of children under the age of 16 years who completed primary courses or were given reinforcing injections during the year are shown below
| Primary course | Reinforcing injections | |
|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 1960 | 5232 |
| Whooping cough | 1421 | 1733 |
| Tetanus | 2156 | 5435 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1822 | 5239 |
| Measles | 1733 | - |
| Smallpox | 1941 | 192 |
The following table shows the percentage vaccinated in this borough together with the equivalent national figures
| Children born in 1963 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whooping cough | Diphtheria | Polio myelitis | Small pox (children under 2) | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| % | % | % | % | |
| Hounslow | 40 | 76 | 76 | 47 |
| England and Wales | 66 | 67 | 65 | 31 |
B C G Vaccination
Details of B C G vaccination given are shown
below
Contacts at chest clinic
Number skin tested 261
Number found positive 79
Number found negative 176
Number vaccinated 106
School children and students
Number skin tested 2279
Number found positive 407
Number found negative 1721
Number vaccinated 1471
General
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 N W 1 Tel. 01-387 4411 Ext 137
Medical Department Unilever House Blackfriars
E C 4 Tel 01-353 7474 Ext 2841
55 Great Cumberland Place W 1 Tel. 01 262 6456
Patients are seen by appointment only No