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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
Holborn 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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table iii. HOLBORN MUNICIPAL INFANT WELFARE CENTRE. Schick Test and Diphtheria Immunisation.
| Total Tested. | Result op Test. | Immunisation of Positives. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative. | Positive. | Not read. | Found NEGATIVE to Re Schick Test after | Found NEGATIVE to Re Schick Test after | Found POSITIVE to Re Schick Test after 3 ccm T.A.T. | Not yet read after Re Schicking. | Total Re Schick Tested | Given 3 ccm T.A.T. Not Retested. | Failed to complete 3 inoculatns. | Inoculatns. not begun. | Inoculatns. still in progress. | Given 1 ccm not yet Re-tested. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 ccm T.A.T. | 2 ccm T.A.T. | 3 ccm T.A.T. | 4 ccm T.A.T. | 5 ccm T.A.T. | 6 ccm T.A.T. | Given further inoculation but not yet Retested. | No further inoculation given. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C | A | C | A | C | a | C | A | C | A | C | A | C | A | C | A | C | A | C | A | c | A | C | A | C | A | C | A | C | A | C | A | c | A | C | A | c | A |
| 771 | 59 | 187 | 36 | 575 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 280 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 335 | 7 | 132 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 53 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 830 | 223 | 595 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 283 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 342 | 132 † | 47 | 60 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
* These columns refer to 35 cases that were Schick positive on Retesting after 3 ccm T.A.T.
† 29 of these are dead or removed from the Borough.