[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Sanitary / Public Health Inspector, and School Medical Officer of Health, Peterborough City.

  • Peterborough (England). City Council. nr 94004832.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Sanitary / Public Health Inspector, and School Medical Officer of Health, Peterborough City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (e) Diphtheria/Tetanus. Year of Birth Number of persons immunised against DiphtheriaJTetanus Primary Course Re-inforcing Dose 1967 . 1966 . - 1965 . _ 3 1964 . _ 1960—1963 . 3 52 Others under 16 — 8 Total 3 63 The Ministry of Health have produced the following information which gives an indication of the percentage protection against whooping cough, diphtheria, poliomyelitis and smallpox in children born in 1966 and 1967 as compared with the percentage protection rates for the country as a whole Children born in 1967 Smallpox (Children under 2) (4) Whooping Cough (1) Diphtheria (2) Polio¬ myelitis (3) England and Wales 73 75 71 39 City of Peterborough 79 80 75 33 The figures in columns (1)—(3) are calculated to show the percentage of children born in 1966 who have been vaccinated at any time. Column 4 includes only children who were vaccinated during 1967 and were under 2 years old at the time, and is calculated as a percentage of children bom during 1966. PREVENTION OF ILLNESSES, CARE AND AFTER-CARE Tuberculosis. As indicated, in the section concerning Health Visiting the Nurse with a special responsibility for dealing with Tuberculosis works in close liaison with the Chest Physician at the Peterborough Memorial Hospital. As well as giving nursing care to tuberculosis patients a great deal of her time is spent in contact tracing and arranging their investigation, together with skin testing and vaccinations.