[Report 1964] / School Medical Officer of Health, Dorset County Council.

  • Dorset (England). County Council.
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / School Medical Officer of Health, Dorset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The number of primary immunisations with triple antigen and polio vaccine continues to rise slowly as do the number of booster injections of the triple antigen. Poliomyelitis vaccine boosters are less this year due to the fact that a great effort was made during 1963 to see that all school children received a booster and, therefore, fewer were given in 1964. The smallpox vaccination figures for this year show an improvement over last year in the number of vaccinations performed in the 1-4 year group. This indicates that many parents are having their children vaccinated in the second year. The total number of vaccinations performed remains below the 1961 level although much better than last year. Number of children who completed primary course of immunisation and polio vaccination Polio Whooping Polio oral and Total Diphtheria cough Tetanus Polio (oral) Inject. inject. polio 1962 3,477 4, 255 5, 275 3,834 4, 749 4,622 13,165 1963 4,004 3,829 5,726 5, 259 944 825 7,028 1964 4,653 3,940 6,066 5, 838 208 241 6, 287 Number of children receiving secondary (booster) doses Total Diphtheria Whooping cough Tetanus Polio (oral) Polio Inject. polio 1962 3, 914 1, 853 2, 581 1,778 1,001 2,779 1963 4,396 1,725 3,751 6, 194 356 6, 550 1964 5, 570 2,054 5,425 4,774 27 4, 801 Number of children receiving smallpox vaccination Primary Vaccination Re-vaccination Total of all 0-1 year 1-4 years ages All ages *1961 1,098 1,888 3,488 498 1963 470 967 1,774 876 1964 393 2, 189 2, 842 990 1961 figures are used instead of 1962 as the numbers vaccinated in 1962 were abnormally high because of the smallpox outbreak.