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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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No. of persons who received 2 injections
Born in the following years:
| 196 2 | 1961 | 1943 - 1960 | 1933 1942 | Others | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 171 | 106 | 129 | 181 | 594 | |
No. of persons who received 3 injections
Born in the following years
| 1962 | 1961 | 1943 - 1960 | 1933 - 1942 | Others | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 24 | 286 | 193 | 410 | 913 | ||
173 primary school children received a fourth injection during the year,
652 primary school children received an oral boost after 3 injections
No. of persons liven an oral boost after 2 injections
Born in the following years
| 1961 | 1943 1960 | 1933 - 1942 | Others | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | 372 | 72 | 177 | 727 | |
The use of the Sabin method of vaccination, i.e vaccine given by mouth
instead of by injection was begun in the County Clinics early in the year.
Although this was a quick and painless method of obtaining immunity, it did not
seem to increase the rate of infant vaccination much in 1962.
Puerperal Pyrexia
The number of notifications of puerperal pyrexia was 72 in 1962 compared
with 66 in 1961, There was no severe infection, these puerperal pyrexia cases
were mild and mostly notified under the statutory requirement to notify any
temperature rise to over 100° in the immediate post-natal period after confinement.
Smallpox
The great increase in the amount of vaccination against smallpox recorded
below was the result of the newspaper publicity given to the occurrence of a
few cases of smallpox imported into London via the Airport from Karachi, where
smallpox had become epidemic No mass vaccination scheme was put in force, but
help was given to the local general practitioners by the provision of a daily
lymph carrying service carried out by the Departmental staff, and by this means
a satisfactory increase in the vaccination rate of the population was obtained
Departmental work was further increased by the number of International Certificates
of Vaccination which had to be authenticated as many European and other
countries insisted on vaccination before entry of travellers,
15 contacts of smallpox cases were notified to the office, in addition to
a number of reports of remote contacts from Wales where a hospital outbreak
occurred. Vaccination was offered and surveillance of contacts was carried out
until the period of quarantine was over in each case, A number of chicken pox
cases were also reported as suspect cases and had to be visited and cleared of
suspicion One case of vaccinia was notified from hospital and another was seen
at home. These were cases in which the patient infected himself from his own
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