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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases.
TABLE XIII.
THE IMMUNISED PERSONS ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF DOSES AND THE TIME REQUIRED TO PRODUCE IMMUNITY—AS SHOWN BY A NEGATIVE RE-SCHICK TEST.
| Number of Immunising Injections given. | Period after last injection of the First Series in which re-Test was Negative. | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| within 4 months | between | Total within 1 year | between | ||||||||
| 4 and 6 months | 6 and 9 months | 9 and 12 months | 1 year and 2 years | 2 years and 3 years | 3 years and 5 years | 5 years and 7 years | |||||
| Children Under 15 1 injection | 561 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 580 | 4 | _ | __ | - | 584 | |
| 2 injections | 126 | 705 | 172 | 19 | 1022 | 61 | 6 | 1 | - | 1090 | |
| First Series | 3 injections | 580 | 774 | 312 | 114 | 1780 | 92 | 15 | 1 | _ | 1888 |
| 4 injections | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 12 | |
| Second Series 2 to 6 injections | 17 | 31 | 31 | 165 | 244 | 115 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 392 | |
| Third Series 3 to 8 injections | — | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 6 | - | - | 42 | |
| Fourth Series 5 to 6 injections | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | 2 | |
| Fifth Series 10 injections | - | — | - | - | - | -1. | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Total Under 15 | 1289 | 1526 | 524 | 305 | 3644 | 304 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 4011 | |
| Adults Over 15 | 1 injection | 15 | _ | _ | 3 | 18 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 18 |
| 2 injections | 5 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 58 | |
| First Series | 3 injections | 29 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 77 | 5 | — | — | — | 82 |
| 4 injections | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Second Series 2 to 6 injections | — | — | 5 | 13 | 18 | 9 | — | 1 | - | 28 | |
| Third Series 11 injections | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Fourth Series 6 to 8 injections | — | - | — | — | — | 1 321 | 1 | — | — | 2 | |
| Total All Ages | 1338 | 1595 | 553 | 327 | 3813 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 4201 | ||
Two cases primary Schick positive, received no series of injections and re-schick test negative after suffering from Diphtheria.