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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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There is little doubt that when quadruple vaccine comes into general use the percentage of infants immunised against all four diseases will increase by reason of reducing the number of visits necessary to obtain complete protection and consequently reducing the number of parents who default before the course is finished.
| Age at Date of Immunisation | Number of Children who completed a full course of Primary Immunisation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria only | Whooping Cough Only | Tetanus only | Combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough | Combined Diphtheria and Tetanus | Combined Diphtheria Tetanus and Whooping Cough | Combined Diphtheria Tetanus Whooping Cough and Polio | |
| Under One | 5 | 3 | - | 3 | 7 | 1707 | 21 |
| One | 33 | 14 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 1872 | 18 |
| Two to Pour | 11 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 144 | - |
| Five to Fourteen | 57 | 1 | 102 | 23 | 86 | 29 | 1 |
| Total | 106 | 20 | 112 | 69 | 124 | 3752 | 40 |
| Number of Children who received a Secondary (Re-inforcing) Injection | |||||||
| Diphtheria only | Whooping Cough Only | Tetanus only | Combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough | Combined Diphtheria and Tetanus | Combined Diphtheria Tetanus and Whooping Cough | Combined Diphtheria Tetanus Whooping Cough and Polio | |
| Under One | _ | 3 | . | 7 | _ | ||
| One | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1036 | 2 |
| Two to Four | 26 | - | 3 | 3 | 29 | 1049 | - |
| Five to Fourteen | 373 | - | 36 | 9 | 429 | 218 | 4 |
| Total | 401 | 40 | 19 | 467 | 2274 | 6 | |
Poliomyelitis Vaccination
Oral poliomyelitis vaccine was used mainly during the year and the table below shows the number of persons vaccinated;-
| Completed course of two injections using Salk vaccine | Completed course of three doses of oral vaccine | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Children born in 1963 | 12 | 220 | |
| Children born in 1962 | 64 | 1747 | |
| Children born in 1961 | 32 | 288 | |
| Children and young persons born in 1943 to I960 | 66 | 497 | |
| Young persons born in 1933 to 1942 | 76 | 345 | |
| Other persons | 43 | 189 | |
| Total | 293 | 3286 | |
| Re inforcing doses were given as follows: | |||
| 3rd Salk Injections | 546 | ||
| 4th Salk injections to children between the ages of five and twelve years | 67 | ||
| Oral vaccine after two Salk injections | 655 | ||
| Oral vaccine after three Salk injections | 751 | ||
| Total | 2019 | ||