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incidence and mortality, 1895-1929.
Mean Quinquennial Rates.
Period.
Mean
No. of
cases
per
annum.
Mean
case
rate.
Mean
No. of
deaths
per
annum.
Mean
deathrate.
Case
mortality
per cent.
1895-1899
569.6
3.43
93.4
•564
17.02
1900-1904
265.2
1.57
22.6
•134
8.34
1905-1909
267.4
1.58
22.2
•131
8.18
1910-1914
224.4
1.34
17.4
•104
7.74
1915-1919
261.0
1.66
22.4
•143
8.56
1920-1924
531.8
3.15
43.4
•257
8.06
1925-1929
542.6
3.24
18.6
•111
3.32
Year 1927
680
4.02
25
•148
3.68
„ 1928
652
3.97
26
*158
3.99
,, 1929
445
2.75
12
*074
2.70
During the year 57 phials (approximately 228,000 units) of
diphtheria anti-toxin were supplied, on request, to medical practitioners
practising in the Borough.
Schick Test Clinic.
Summary of Work Carried Out, 1929.
As stated in my last annual report a Schick test clinic was
established at the close of 1927. It is held weekly at the Southlands
Maternity and Child Welfare Centre.
The work is carried on under the supervision of Dr. F. Porter
Smith, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
The result of the year's work is summarised as follows :—
Sessions held 51
Patients attending in 1929 (new 209) 270
Attendances 800
(average per session) 15.7
Patients tested 126
Readings of tests (positive 84, negative 38, result
unknown 4) 126
Patients inoculated—
Without test 83
After positive test 75
— 158
Inoculations 451
Total immunised (including 54 1928 patients) 75
Patients still under treatment at end of year 147
Discontinued treatment 10