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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
Fulham 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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| No. of Clinic Sessions held | 47 | |
| New cases treated | 393 | |
| lotal attendances of old and new cases | 2,100 | |
| Average attendance | 44.6 | |
| Positive | 355 | |
| Negative | 33 | |
| Not read | 5 | |
| Positive | 3 | |
| Negative | 310 | |
| With T.A.F. | 33 | |
| With A.P.T. (1) | 352 | |
| With A.P.T. (2) | 332 | |
| 717 | ||
| Discontinued treatment | 45 | |
| Transferred to other areas | 1 | |
| Certificates of immunity issued | 356 | |
TABLE 30 SUMMARY OF TREATMENTS
| Age Groups in Years. | Primary Schick. | Inoculations A.P.T. | Inoculations T.A.F. | Posterior Schick. | Discontinued treatment. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Not read | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Positive | Negative | ||
| 1 - 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 1 - 2 | 56 | — | 1 | 56 | 56 | — | — | — | — | 34 | 5 |
| 2 — 3 | 60 | 1 | — | 60 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 58 | 4 |
| 3 — 4 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 31 | 10 |
| 4 — 5 | 52 | — | — | 49 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 2 |
| 5 — 6 | 44 | 7 | — | 42 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 36 | 5 |
| 6—7 | 23 | 2 | — | 26 | 26 | — | — | — | 1 | 23 | 2 |
| 7—8 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 21 | 4 |
| 8 — 9 | 11 | 7 | — | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 4 |
| 9 — 10 | 11 | 2 | — | 11 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 2 |
| 10 — 11 | 13 | 3 | — | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 14 | 1 |
| 11 — 12 | 8 | 2 | — | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 1 |
| 12 — 13 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 |
| 13 — 14 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | — |
| 14 — 15 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 15 and upwards | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Totals | 355 | 33 | 5 | 352 | 332 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 310 | 44 |
The graph compares the numbers of notifications received weekly during the two epidemics