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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
Mitcham 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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The following figures show the number of children immunised and reinforced during the year (this includes those children who received the combined diphtheria and whooping cough prophylaxis):—
| Age at date of final injection (as regards A) or of re-inforcing injection (as regards B) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | Total | |
| A. Number of children who completed a course of inoculation with pertussis vaccines (including suspended diphtheria pertussis prophylactic and adsorbed diphtheria pertussis prophylactic) during the year ended 31st December, 1954. | 47 | 491 | 149 | 33 | 40 | 76 | 2 | 838 |
| B. Number of children who received a secondary (reinforcing) injection(i.e. subsequently to primary immunisation at an earlier age) during the year ended 31st December, 1954. | - | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 39 |
Enteric Fever
No case was notified during the year.
Diarrhoea and Enteritis Under Two Years of Age
No death was registered during the year.