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Sutton and Cheam 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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two were mildly positive, giving an immunising rate
of 976 per cent. Of twenty-one older children submitted
to the Schick Test before injection, seventeen
were positive and four negative. These figures suggest
that the child population has a relatively low natural
immunity to Diphtheria and that artificial immunisation
produces a very satisfactory percentage of immunes.
The following table shows the distribution in age
groups of the children receiving three injections of
T.A.F. during 1937
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION, 1937.

Table: Children receiving three injections of 1 cc . T.A.F.

Children receiving three injections of 1 cc . T.A.F.

Age Group:——11-22-33-44-55-66-77-88-99-1010-1111-12Total
Clinic-192.5293048171410266206
Benhilton C. of E. Infants----1231--1-8
Chatsworth Koad School-1223272245---66
Cheam Common Infants School-59794113-414198
Ridge Road School--1-120112132-41
Sutton East Juniors Mixed and Infants School--333352562---77
Medical Practitioners' Cases---14102231-225
Total-254042511839333257139521

Table: Bacteriological Examinations. —The following examinations of specimens were made by direction of the Borough Council:—

Bacteriological Examinations. —The following examinations of specimens were made by direction of the Borough Council:—

Diphtheria.Enteric.Tuberculosis.
Positive.Negative.Positive.Negative.Positive.Negative.
3361147214110

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Diphtheria swabs are also taken by the School
Nurses and sent to the County Laboratory ; these are
not included in the above Table.
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