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Holborn 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Although Park and Zingher recommend that Schick testing should only be
applied to children over 5 years, it would seem inadvisable to dispense with the
test as a routine at the present time in Holborn. It is a great satisfaction to
nervous parents to think that there will be no inoculation unless susceptibility
is proved.
Retesting is unpopular with parents, and the need for it does not help to
increase their confidence in immunisation. Of 342 that have been retested 38
were found to be still Schick positive after three inoculations. The facts relating
to these are given in Table V.
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | |||||
| 5/52 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13, F. | Neg. ; 4 c.cm. |
| 6/52 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 7/52 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 2/12 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 9, M. | Neg. ; 6 c cm |
| 24/12 | 11 | 4 | 7 | — | — | — |
| 8/12 | 39 | 18 | 21 | 4 | (a) 8, F. | Neg. ; 4 c.cm |
| — | ||||||
| (c) 3, M. | _ | |||||
| (d) 9, M. | — | |||||
| 34/12 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4, F. | Neg. ; 5 c.cm |
| 4/12 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4, F. | Neg. ; 4 c.cm. |
| 4½/12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | (a) 5, F. | Neg. ; 6 c.cin. |
| (b) 2, F. | — | |||||
| 5/12 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2, F. | Neg, ; 6 c.cm |
| 6/12 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 4 | (a) 1, M. | — |
| (b) 2, M. | Neg. ; 5 c cm. | |||||
| (c) 3, M. | — | |||||
| (d) 4, F. | — | |||||
| 7/12 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 9, F. | Neg. ; 6 c.cm. |
| 8/12 | 8 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — |
| 9/12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — |
| 10/12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4, F. | †Neg. ; 5 c.cm. |
| 11/12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9/12, F. | Neg. ; 4 c.cui. |
| 1-2 | 80 | 38 | 42 | 15 | (a) 1. F. | Neg ; 4 c.cm. |
| (b) 2, M. | — | |||||
| (c) 2, M. | — | |||||
| (d)2, M. | — | |||||
| (e) 2, F. | Neg.; 4 c.cm. | |||||
| Neg. ; 4 c.cm. | ||||||
| (g) 7, F. | Neg. ; 4 c.cm. | |||||
| — | ||||||
| (i) 9, M. | — | |||||
| (j) 9, F. | — | |||||
| — | ||||||
| (/) 12, M. | — | |||||
| (m) 12, F. | ||||||
| Ad., F. | Neg. ; 5 c.cm. | |||||
| (n) 1. F. | Neg ; 4 c.cm. | |||||
| 2 3 | 53 | 21 | 29 | 5 | (a) F. | — |
| (b) 5, F. | Neg. ; 4 c.cm. | |||||
| (c) 12, F. | — | |||||
| — | ||||||
| (e) 4, M. | — | |||||
| Total | 312 | 152 | 190 | 38 | ||
* Another child in same family (F.), aged 4 years, was negative.
† Throe children in this group -were members of one family: 2 negatives (M.), aged 2 years
(F.), aged 6 yours; 1 positive (F.), aged 4 years.