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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
Carshalton 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Whooping Cough Vaccination
As with other immunising procedures, the local practice is to secure
the vaccination of babies against whooping cough in the first year of life.
Treatment for protection against this disease is usually combined with that
for diphtheria and generally with that for tetanus, all 3 being combined in
the same injections. For this reason the percentage of children treated is
much the same as for diphtheria immunisation. More than two thirds
of the children under 5 years of age are now protected against whooping
cough in this way.
The number of children vaccinated during 1963 was 556.
The number of cases and the percentage of pre-school children vaccinated at the beginning of each year since 1950 was as follows:—
| Year | Percentage of children vaccinated | Cases | Year | Percentage of children vaccinated | Cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | — | 384 | 1957 | 61 | 75 |
| 1951 | — | 471 | 1958 | 62 | 41 |
| 1952 | — | 98 | 1959 | 64 | 32 |
| 1953 | 6 | 345 | 1960 | 66 | 81 |
| 1954 | 22 | 154 | 1961 | 69 | 69 |
| 1955 | 36 | 101 | 1962 | 70 | 18 |
| 1956 | 47 | 73 | 1963 | 67 | 24 |
TABLE 13
WHOOPING COUGH—WARD INCIDENCE AND
MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1963 (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)
| 1963 | Ward | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North | St. Helier South | St. Helier West | North-East | Northwest | Central | South-East | Southwest | Total | |
| January | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| February | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| March | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| April | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| May | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| June | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| July | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| August | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| September | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| October | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 4 | — | 10 | |
| November | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 5 |
| December | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 4 |
| Totals | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | — | 24 |
| Monthly Mean | 0.25 | 0.16 | 0.58 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.66 | — | 2.00 |
| Case rate per 1,000 population | 0.44 | 0.34 | 1.07 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 0.17 | 0.94 | — | 0.42 |