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Holborn 1926
Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE V.
| Re-Schick tested after an interval of years or fraction of years. | Number retested after this interval. | No. found positive. | Age in years and sex of positives when first tested. | Negative to 2nd re Schick test and total of T.A.T. given in all. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/52 | M | F | 1 | 13, F. | Neg.;4 c.cm. | |
| 10 | (6 | 4) | ||||
| 6/52 | 3 | (1 | 2) | _ | - | - |
| 7/52 | 6 | (4 | 2) | _ | _ | |
| 2/12 | 20 | (10 | 10) | 1 | 9, M. | Neg.; 6 c.cm. |
| 2½/12 | 13 | (4 | 9) | — | _ | - |
| 3/12 | 85 | (40 | 46) | 11 | (a) 8, F. | Neg.; 4 c.cm. |
| (b) Ad., F. | - | |||||
| (c) 3, M. | - | |||||
| (d)9, M. | - | |||||
| (e) 6, M. | Neg.; 6 c.cm. | |||||
| (f)11/12,M. | Neg.; 4 c.cm. | |||||
| (g) 5, M. | _ | |||||
| (h) 2, M. | - | |||||
| (i) 5, F. | - | |||||
| - | ||||||
| (k) 6 F. | - | |||||
| 3½/12 | 18 | (8 | 10) | 2 | (a) 4. F. | Neg.; 5 c.cm. |
| (b) 1, F. | - | |||||
| 4/12 | 54 | (25 | 29) | 7 | (a) 4, F. | *Neg.; 4 c.cm. |
| (b) 6, F. | Neg.; 8 c.cm. | |||||
| (c)10/12,M. | Neg.; 4 c.cm. | |||||
| Neg.; 5 c.cm. | ||||||
| (e) 1, K. | Neg.; 5 c.cm. | |||||
| (f) 6, F. | - | |||||
| (g) 4, F. | — | |||||
| 4½/12 | 4 | (0 | 4) | 4) | (a) 5, F. | Neg.; 6 c.cm. |
| 5/12 | 27 | (10 | 17) | ( b) 2, F. | Neg.; 4 c.cm. | |
| (a) 2, F. | Neg.; 6 c.cm. | |||||
| (b)2, M. | Neg.; 4 c.cm. | |||||
| (c) Ad., F. | — | |||||
| 6/12 | 37 | (17 | 8 | (a) 1,M. | — | |
| (b) 2, M. | Neg.; 5 c.cm. | |||||
| (c) 3, M. | — | |||||
| (d) 4, F. | - | |||||
| — | ||||||
| (f) 6, M. | __ | |||||
| (g) 3,M. | Neg,;6 c.cm. | |||||
| (b) 3,M. | — | |||||
| 7/12 | 18 | (8 | 10) | 1 | 9, F. | Neg.; 6 c.cm. |
| 8/12 | 11 | (4 | 7) | 2 | (a) 11, F. | — |
| (b) 1, F. | — | |||||
| 9/12 | 9 | (5 | 41 | (a) 1,M. | — | |
| / | (b) 8, M | - | ||||
| 10/12 | 11 | ( 4 | 7) | 1 | 4, F. | †Neg.; 5 c.cm. |
| 11/12 | 5 | ( 3 | 1 | 1, M. | — | |
| / 1 | 7 | (1 | 6) | 1 | 9/12 F. | Neg.; 4 c.cm. |
| 1-2 | 84 | (41 | 43) | 15 | (a) 1, F. | Neg.; 4 c.cm. |
| (b) 2, M. | Neg.; 4 c.cm. | |||||
| (c) 2, M. | _ | |||||
| (d) 2, M. | — | |||||
| (e) 2, F. | Neg.; 4 c.cm. | |||||
| Neg.; 4 c.cm. | ||||||
| (g) 7, F. | Neg. ; 4 c.cm. | |||||
| (h) 8, F. | _ | |||||
| (i) 9, M. | - | |||||
| — | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| (l)12, M. | - | |||||
| (m) 12, F. | - | |||||
| (n) Ad., F. | Neg. ; 5 c.cm. | |||||
| (o) 1, F. | Neg ; 4 c.cm. | |||||
| 2-3 | 60 | (26 | 34) | 6 | (a) 2, F. | — |
| (b) 5, F. | Neg. ; 4 c.cm. | |||||
| (c) 12, F. | — | |||||
| (d) 2, F. | — | |||||
| (e) 4, M. | — | |||||
| (f) 2, F. | — | |||||
| Total | 482 | (217 | 265) | 64 | M. 26 F. 38 | |
| * Another child in same family (F.), aged 4 years, was negative. † Three children in this group were members of one family: 2 negatives (M.), aged 2 years, (F.), aged 6 years; 1 positive (F.), aged 4 years. | ||||||