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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
Hackney 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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SECTION 26 (Vaccination and Immunisation)
(a)
| Primary Immunisation | Reinforcing Dose | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of children protected against whooping cough | 25 | 8 | |
| Number of children protected against diphtheria | 229 | 1,842 | |
| Number of children protected with a combined whooping cough and diphtheria prophylactic | 66 | 534 | |
| Number of children protected with triple antigen (whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus) | 2,037 | 66 | |
| (b) B.C.G. Vaccination | |||
| Number of such children on rolls of Hackney Schools | 2,255 | ||
| Number for whom parental consent for vaccination was received | 1,706 | ||
| Number Mantoux tested | 1,571 | ||
| Number of positive reactors | 109 | ||
| Number of positive reactors who were subsequently X-rayed | 94 | ||
| Number of negative reactors who were subsequently vaccinated | 1,462 | ||
Tuberculosis Contacts
Number vaccinated by Chest Physicians 147
(c) Poliomyelitis Vaccination. From 1st April a weekly lunchtime
session for poliomyelitis vaccination was held in the Reading Lane entrance
foyer of the Hackney Town Hall. This particular session was inaugurated to
facilitate attendances of young people at work during the lunchtime interval.
The total number of attendances to the end of the year at this centre was 5,617.
The following table shows tne number of persons attending all centres in the borough who completed a course of two injections during the year, and also the number of persons who received a third injection.
| (a) Primary injections (2) | (b) Third injectiens | |
|---|---|---|
| Children | 6,481 | 10,318 |
| Expectant mothers | 524 | 691 |
| Young adults | 5,694 | 2,292 |
| 162 | 2,349 | |
| Children | 1,900 | 2,000 |
| Expectant mothers | 1,360 | 230 |
| Young adults | 1,800 | 690 |
| Totals 17,921 | 18,570 | |