[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Successful Vaccinations against Smallpox performed in 1966 ] i Smallpox Vaccination 1 ! Children 1 1 1 Performed By 0—1 year 2-4 years Total Pre¬ school 5—15 years Others Total County Council Medical Officer General Prac¬ titioner Primary 622 3,498 4,120 248 52 4,420 2,295 2,125 1 Reinforcing — 25 25 907 277 1,209 928 281 Percentage of Children Protected at 31st December, 1966 Protected Against Born in 1966 Born in 1965 Immunised % of Births Immunised % of Births , Smallpox 4,008 (34%) Diphtheria 2,406 41% 5,070 88% Whooping Cough 2,352 40% 4,959 86% Tetanus .. 2,406 41% 5,073 88% Poliomyelitis 2,102 36% 4,716 82% Comparison with National Figures 1966 Children born in 1965 Smallpox (children under 2 yrs.) Whooping Cough Diphtheria Poliomyelitis England & Wales 72% 73% 68% *38% SALOP 86% 88% 82% *59% *Children vaccinated in 1966 when under 2 years old calculated as a percentage of children born in 1965 only. Diphtheria.—The last notification of, and death from, diphtheria in the County were recorded in 1961. The former—a boy of 13 who had been immunised as a baby—recovered fully after treatment and the latter—a woman of 72 years—was certified as due to syncope, toxaemia and throat infection which was not supported by bacteriological evidence of diphtheria. In 1940 there were 236 notified cases and eleven deaths.