Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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32
MEASLES VACCINATION
In January, 1966, the Medical Research Council issued its report on the
investigation of measles vaccines carried out in 1964/65, in which this Department
and the former London County Council Division 4 took part.
This was followed by a Ministry Circular which stated that the Joint
Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation had accepted that the vaccination
programme used in the trials was effective and acceptable but that it was premature
to embark on any general programme of measles vaccination.
The Council sought formal approval from the Ministry to add protection
against measles to its immunisation scheme and this was received in September.
It is hoped to make arrangements in 1967 to offer measles vaccination at welfare
centres and, via general practitioners, for selected children and to stock the
vaccine required.
The long-term follow-up of children included in the Medical Research Council
enquiry continued and some assistance with this was given by the Department.
Completed Primary Courses
Type of vaccine or dose | Year of birth | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1966 | 1965 | 1964 | 1963 | 1962 | 1961-59 | 1958-51 | Pre-1950 | ||
Diphtheria | 2, 292 | 1, 892 | 131 | 80 | 73 | 181 | 131 | 14 | 4,794 |
Whooping Cough | 2, 260 | 1,872 | 124 | 78 | 47 | 51 | 19 | 7 | 4,458 |
Tetanus | 2, 292 | 1,893 | 131 | 80 | 73 | 186 | 194 | 183 | 5,032 |
Poliomyelitis | 809 | 2,671 | 291 | 150 | 164 | 323 | 213 | 449 | 5,070 |
Reinforcing Injections/Doses
Diphtheria | 8 | 1,493 | 1, 518 | 232 | 189 | 1,737 | 419 | 7 | 5,603 |
Whooping Cough | 8 | 1,470 | 1,504 | 217 | 120 | 132 | 10 | Nil | 3,461 |
Tetanus | 9 | 1, 493 | 1,518 | 232 | 186 | 1,736 | 425 | 57 | 5,656 |
Poliomyelitis | 5 | 73 | 15 | 9 | 80 | 1, 545 | 457 | 30 | 2, 214 |
Smallpox Vaccinations
Age | 0 - 3 months | 3- 6 months | 6 - 9 months | 9-12 months | 1 year | 2-4 years | 5 - 14 years | 15 years and over | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary vaccinations | 6 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 2,073 | 821 | 254 | 777 | 4,000 |
Re-vaccinations | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 6 | 31 | 472 | 3, 383 | 3,892 |