[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey Local Board / U.D.C. / County Borough.
- Wallasey (England). Local Board.
- Date:
- 1965
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey Local Board / U.D.C. / County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![NURSING HOMES There were four Nursing Homes on the Register at the end of 1965* 33 deaths occurred in the Homes during the year. Twenty visits were paid to the Nursmg Homes by the Superin¬ tendent Health Visitor. SECTION 26 — VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION General The important work und,er this section was continued throughout the year by the Department and was again greatly assisted by the General Practitioners in the Borough. The importance of vaccination and immunisation cannot be over emphasised. POLIOMYELITIS A total of 1,913 persons under 16 years of age completed a primary course of vaccination and 889 persons under 16 years of age received reinforcing doses during the year. The comparable figures for 1964 were, primary 1,452, reinforcing 650. Details, by age group, are as follows:— PRIMARY COURSES Type of Vaccine or dose Year of ] Birth Others under age 16 Total 1965 1964 1963 1962 1958-61 Quadruple D.T.P.P. 1 15 2 1 — 19 Salk . 5 15 1 1 3 1 26 Sabin 296 921 256 137 172 86 1,868 Totals .. 302 951 259 139 175 87 1,913 REINFORCING DOSES Type of Vaccine or dose Year of Bi rth Others under age 16 Total 1965 1964 1963 1962 1958-61 Quadruple D.T.P.P. — — - - — Salk . 3 > 23 9 36 Sabin 2 6 13 16 648 168 853 i 1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30229078_0046.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
