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West Ham 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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SECTION 26: - VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION.
There were no significant developments in this service during the year.
SmallpoxVacoination. The following table shows the number of vaccinations carried out
during the year.
TABLE A.
Number of Persons Vaccinated (or re-vaccinated).
| Age at date of vaccination | Under 1 | 1 | 2 - 4 | 5-14 | 15 or over | Total |
| Number vaccinated (primary) | 4l8 | 54 | 13 | 20 | 73 | 578 |
| Number re-vaccinated | - | - | 5 | 16 | 106 | 127 |
Of these vaccinations, 361 were performed by general praotitioners and 344 by
medical staff of the local authority.
No complications from vacoination were reported during the year.
Diphtheria Immunisation. The number of children immunised during the year by medical
officers of the authority or reported as having been immunised by general practitioners
in the area are given in the following table:-
TABLE B.
| A. Children who completed a full course of immunisation. | AGE at date of final injection | |||
| -----------Under 1 | 1-4 | 5 - 14 | TOTAL | |
| 818 | 1,779 | 3,055 | 5,652 | |
| B. Children who received a secondary reinforcing injection. | 41 | 3,804 | 19,206 | 23,051 |