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DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
The Scheme for the prevention of Diphtheria in children
between the ages of 1 and 12 years continued during the
year.
It will be seen that there was a distinct falling off in
numbers of children dealt with.
I have given careful consideration to this question and
am of the opinion that this is due to the fact that the
present scheme (provides for three inoculations by the
doctors and the Schick test. It appears that children
receive the first injection without much objection, but difficulty
is experienced in persuading the child to attend for
the second and third injections. They become nervous,
cry, and owing to this difficulty immunisation has not been
completed in many cases.
In view of this falling off in the numbers I think that
in the near future consideration must be given to the
immunisation by the A.P.T. (one-shot) method, which is
being successfullv used by many authorities.