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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

Merton 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]

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Table: SmallpoxThe following table shows the number of persons vaccinated or re-vaccinated against smallpox, in the various age groups during the year:—

Smallpox

The following table shows the number of persons vaccinated or re-vaccinated against smallpox, in the various age groups during the year:—

Age at Time of VaccinationTotal
0-3 months3-6 months6-9 months9 months -1 year1 year2-4 years5-15 years
Number vaccinated111210351,5752801072,030
Number re-vaccinated——---11230241

Table: Pecentage Index as supplied by Ministry of Health on 19.6.67:—

Pecentage Index as supplied by Ministry of Health on 19.6.67:—

Children born in 1965Smallpox (Children Under 2)
Whooping CoughDiphtheriaPoliomyelitis
England and Wales72736838
London Borough of Merton78787056

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Venereal Diseases
The table below is compiled from figures supplied by the clinics
at St. Helier Hospital, Croydon General Hospital, the London Hospital
and the Middlesex Hospital.

Table: Number of patients resident in Merton and treated for the first time in 1966:—

Number of patients resident in Merton and treated for the first time in 1966:—

MaleFemaleTotal
Gonorrhoea18927
Syphilis235
Other conditions97122219
Totals117134251

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GENERAL MEDICAL SERVICES
During the year the medical staff carried out 779 medical examinations
of staff for superannuation purposes. Twenty-three examinations
were also carried out on staff, absent from work owing to sickness,
to ascertain their fitness to return to duty.
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