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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 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: (c) Poliomyelitis Vaccination,The following table shows the 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.

(c) Poliomyelitis Vaccination,The following table shows the 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(b) Third Injections
Hackney Welfare Centres and Town Hall
Children2, 2344,426
Young adults (15-26 years)5022,389
Adults under 401,748827
Priority Groups112344
Hackney Schools
Children18955
Young adults (15-26 years)7222
Adults under 4012-
*Factories and Business Establishments
Young adults (15-26 years)130164
Adults under 40416-
*General Medical Practitioners
Children4581,253
Young adults (15 26 years)2631,150
Adults under 40579118
Priority Groups100-
*Hospitals
Young adults (15-26 years)34242
Adults under 4034540
Priority Groups * The figures under these headings are a calculated proportion (60%) of the totals for the area covered by Division 4 of the London County Council,which includes the boroughs of Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, as well as Hackney.16107
Totals7,51810,937

Table: (d) Small pox Vaccination

(d) Small pox Vaccination

0 to 15 yearsOver 15 yearsTotals
Primary vaccination1,264791,343
Re vaccination18145163
Totals1,2822241,506

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SECTION 27 (Ambulance Service), The two ambulance stations in the borough are
sited at Homerton Grove, E. 9, and Paragon Road, E. 9,