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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

Tottenham 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: Continued from privous pages..

Continued from privous pages..

Age at date of immunisationNumber of Children who completed a full course of Primary Immunisation
Diphtheris onlyWhooping Cough onlyTetanus onlyCombined Diphtheria and Whooping CoughCombined Diphtheria and TetanusCombined Diphtheria Tetanus and Whooping Cough
Under One2419121211560
One10264254361645
Two to Pour13744261711233
Five to Fourteen3201226230110
Total5831398974483548
Number of Children who received at Secondary (Re-inforcing) injection
Diphtheria onlyWhooping Cough onlyTetanus onlyCombined Diphtheria and Whooping CoughCombined Diphtheria and TetanusCombined Diphteria Tetanus and Whooping Cough
Under One.-----
One------
Two to Four15281387103
Five to Fourteen1490354228115
Total164211185035218

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Poliomyelitis Vaccination
The work of vaccinating persons up to the age of 40 continued to be undertaken
both by general practitioners and at the clinics.

Table: The following table shows the number of persons completing courses of injections during 1961:-

The following table shows the number of persons completing courses of injections during 1961:-

Number of Persons who completed a course of: -
Two injectionsThree injections
Children born in the years 1943-196139943000
Young Persons born in the years 1933-194214871326
Persons born before 1933 who had not passed their 40th birthday23192809
Others423344
Total82237479

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In April the Ministry of Health authorised the administration of fourth (reinforcing)
doses to children between the ages of five and twelve, and 6,538 children
were given such doses.