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Further Results of the 13 "Positives''—
After 4th injection:—
Negatives 12
Positives 1
After 5th injection:—
Negatives 1
Positives Nil
Number of Cases failing to complete Immunisation (1935) 43
Before three injections 18
After three injections 25
Total number of visits paid to schools and Clinic for purposes
of immunisation (1935) 1,930
Total number of visits paid to schools and Clinic for purposes
of immunisation since inception of scheme 6,733
Number of cases to be completed in 1936 166

One child developed clinical diphtheria during 1935, after
having been immunised. This child was not seen by a doctor until
the eighth day, and the famliy practitioner himself expressed the
opinion that the child would probably have died had immunisation
not been previously carried out.
The case of a second family is interesting. There were two
children in this family, one immunised and one not immunised.
The immunised child escaped diphtheria although he carried
diphtheria bacilli in his nose. The non-immunised child developed
clinical diphtheria and had to be admitted to hospital.
Typhoid Fever (including Paratyphoid).—Two cases of paratyphoid
B fever were notified during the year. In each case the
infection was traceable to a source outside the district. Both cases
were admitted to hospital and made satisfactory progress. No
cases occurred during 1934.
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