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age period instead of one. The average length of detention in
hospital of the vaccinated patients who recovered was 28 days
of the unvaccinated 65 days.
Vaccination of Contacts.
All known contacts residing in the Borough were, when
willing, at once vaccinated, and no case occurred among those
who were vaccinated within 4 days of their exposure to infection,
while eleven cases occurred among those who refused to
be at once vaccinated.
Examination of School Children.
The Borough Council, though strongly advised to do so,
refused to ask the School Board to grant permission to the
Public Vaccinators to examine the arms of children attending
Board Schools, whose parents did not object to the examination,
with a view to the detection of unvaccinated children, but on
their default, the Fulham Board of Guardians made the necessary
application to the School Board, and Drs. Appleton and Wells
examined the children in their respective districts with the
following results :—
Number
on roll.
Number
examined.
Found
unvaccinated.
Subsequently
vaccinated.
North District.
Dr. Wells.
9,962 6,034 319 175
South District.
Dr. Appleton
11,159 6,813 551 192
Re-vaccination.
9,411 persons were re-vaccinated during the epidemic period
by the Public Vaccinators. The re-vaccinations carried out by
private medical practitioners cannot, be accurately given, but
from what I can learn, numbered about 4,000.