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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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TABLE III. HOLBORN MUNICIPAL INFANT WELFARE CENTRE. Schick Test and Diphtheria Immunisation.
| Total Tested. | Rresult ofTest. A | B | Immunisation of Positives. C D | E | F | G | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative. | Positive. | Not read. | Found NEGATIVE to Re Schick Test after | Found NEGATIVE to Re Schick Test after | First immunised with T A. F. and found NEGATIVE to Re Schick after | Found POSITIVE to Re Schick Test after 3 ccm T. A.T. or T.A.F. | Total Re Schick Tested | Given 3 ccm T.A.T or T.A.F. 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 or T.A.F. | 4 ccm T.A.T. | 6 ccm T.A.T | 6 ccm T.A.T | 8 ccm T.A.T | Further doses of T.A.F. | 3 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 | C | A | c | A |
| 1087 | 74 | 231 | 44 | 847 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 439 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 544 | 11 | 152 | 0 | 72 | 5 | 63 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| 1,161 †††† | 275 | 874 ††† | 12 | 16 | 17 | 444 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 555 †† | 152† | 77 | 73 $ | 4 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
* These columns refer to 78 cases—88 were Schick positive on Retesting after S ccm T.A.T. 10 were Schick positive on retesting after T.A.F.
† 42 of these removed from the Borough.
$ 9 of these have removed from the Borough,
†† These retests include those made up to 21st March, 1S28.
††† 21 of these positives in 1927 were given T.A.F. instead of T. A.T. (see page 67).
†††† Includes 13 children under two years who were considered positive without being tested.
Note.—Columns BC 1>E give details of the total 555 given in Column F.
Columns F G give details of the total 874 positives given in Column A.