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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases.
TABLE XV.
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 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 | 12 and 18 months | 18 mths and 2 years | 2 years and 3 years | |||||
| Children Under 15. | ||||||||||
| First Series | 1 injection | — | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 2 injections | 11 | 118 | 14 | 5 | 148 | 2 | 2 | — | 152 | |
| 3 injections | 562 | 679 | 285 | 102 | 1628 | 57 | 26 | 9 | 1720 | |
| 4 injections | 5 | — | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | 12 | ||
| Second Series | 3 to 6 injections | — | — | 5 | 84 | 89 | 51 | 33 | 18 | 191 |
| Third Series | 5 to 8 injections | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| Total Under 15 | 578 | 803 | 305 | 193 | 1879 | 117 | 66 | 29 | 2091 | |
| Adults Over 15. | ||||||||||
| First Series | 2 injections | — | 13 | — | — | 13 | 1 | — | — | 14 |
| 3 injections | 25 | 28 | 14 | 71 | 3 | 1 | — | 75 | ||
| 4 injections | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Second Series | 3 to 6 injections | — | — | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | — | 16 |
| Third Series | 11 injections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Fourth Series | 8 injections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total All Ages | 603 | 845 | 322 | 204 | 1974 | 125 | 69 | 31 | 2199 | |