[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick] page 21

Brentford and Chiswick 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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Table: Total number of first vaccinations:-

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Total number of first vaccinations:-

1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960
298	373	548	487	438	418	430	531	525	455

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The figure for first vaccinations is again down, which is particularly
worrying in a year when smallpox did return to London. Although there was a
slight rise in the re-vaccination figure this could probably be accounted for by
case contacts and their neighbours.
Vaccination of persons intending to travel abroad has to be confirmed by
the vaccinating doctor on an International Certificate of Vaccination which is
not acceptable unless the signature is authenticated by the Medical Officer of
Health. During 1960, 369 such Certificates were authenticated.
Scarlet Fever
There was a fall in the number of cases of scarlet fever notified and confirmed
as such, the figure being 39 in 1960 compared with 91 in 1959 and 44 in
1958. 12 of these cases were admitted to hospital.
In two instances more than one case occurred in a family but only one of
the cases was a true secondary, i,e. following the first notification after a
period equivalent to the incubation period of disease.
Diphtheria
No cases of diphtheria occurred during the year. The last confirmed case
of diphtheria in the Borough occurred in 1948.

Table: Information concerning immunisation against diphtheria in the Borough during 1960 has been supplied by the Area Medical Officer, and is as follows:-

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Information concerning immunisation against diphtheria in the Borough during 1960 has been supplied by the Area Medical Officer, and is as follows:-

Number of children who	Age				Total
Number of children who	Under 1	1	2 -4	5 - 14	Total
completed a full course of primary immunisation	608	99	32	14	753
received reinforcing injections	-	18	70	101	189

Table: Number of children at 31 12, 60 who had completed a course of diphtheria immunisation at any time before that date (i.e, at any time since 1 1 46).

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Number of children at 31 12, 60 who had completed a course of diphtheria immunisation at any time before that date (i.e, at any time since 1 1 46).

Age at 31.12,60 i.e. born in year	Under 1 1960	1 - 4 1959 1956	5 - 91955 - 1951	10 - 14 1950 - 1946	Total under 15
Last complete course of injections (whether primary or booster)A. 1956 - 60	330	2,042	2,506	2,489	7,367
B. 1955 or earlier	-	--	177	l,047	1,224

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There was again a substantial increase in the number of children receiving
protection against diphtheria. The incidence of and deaths from diphtheria in
London may have been partly responsible for this.
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Brentford and Chiswick 1960

Table: Total number of first vaccinations:-

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Table: Information concerning immunisation against diphtheria in the Borough during 1960 has been supplied by the Area Medical Officer, and is as follows:-

Table: Number of children at 31 12, 60 who had completed a course of diphtheria immunisation at any time before that date (i.e, at any time since 1 1 46).

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