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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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| Re-Schick tested after an interval of years or fraction of years | Number re-tested after this interval | Number found positive | Age in years and sex of positives when first tested | Further particulars (Unless otherwise stated the dose refers to Toxoid Antitoxin.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/12 | 14 | ( 9 5) | 3 | No re-attendance | |
| (b) 9, M. | Given further inoculation; not re-tested | ||||
| (c) Ad. M. | Given further inoculation; not re-tested | ||||
| 10/12 | 14 | (6 8) | 1 | 4 F. | †Negative after further inoculation; 8 c.cm. in all |
| 11/12 | 9 | ( 3 6) | 1 | 1 M. | Negative after further inoculation; 4 c.cm. in all |
| 1 | 9 | ( 3 6) | 1 | 9/12 F. | Negative after further inoculation; 4 c.cm. in all |
| 1.2 | 85 | (42 43) | 15 | (a) 1, F | Negative after further inoculation; 4 c.cm. in all |
| (b) 2, M. | Negative after further inoculation; 4 c.cm. in all | ||||
| (c) 11/12, M. | Negative after further inoculation; 0.5 c.cm +3 c.cm TAT | ||||
| (d) 2, M. | Negative after further inoculation; 4 c.cm. in all | ||||
| (e) 2, F. | Negative after further inoculation; 4 c.cm. in all | ||||
| (f) 6, M. | Negative after further inoculation; 4 c.cm. in all | ||||
| (g) 7, F. | Negative after further inoculation; 4 c.cm. in all | ||||
| Given further inoculation; not re-tested | |||||
| (i) 9, M. | Given further inoculation; not re-tested | ||||
| (j) 9, F. | No re-attendance | ||||
| (k) 6, F. | No re-attendance | ||||
| (l) 12, M. | No re-attendance | ||||
| Given further inoculation; not re tested | |||||
| (n) Ad. F. | Negative after further inoculation; 5 c.cm. in all | ||||
| Negative after further inoculation; 4 c.cm. in all | |||||
| 2 3 | 62 | (28 34) | 6 | (a) 2, F. | Negative after further inoculation; 6 c.cm. in all |
| (b) 5, F. | Negative after further inoculation; 4 c.cm. in all | ||||
| (c) 12, F. | Given further inoculation; not re-tested | ||||
| Given further inoculation; not re-tested | |||||
| (e) 4, M. | Given further inoculation; not re-tested | ||||
| No re-attendance | |||||
| 4.5 | 1 | (1 0) | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| 707 | (319 388) | 81 | M. 34 F. 47 | ||
| †Three children in this group were members of one family: 2 negatives (M.), aged 2 years, (F.), aged 6 years; 1 positive (F.), aged 4 year. | |||||
In addition, one child re-Schick tested 15 months after 1 c.cm. T.A.T., was found positive,
and two children re-tested after 3 c.cm. were on the information given by the mother
considered to be slightly positive. Sixty-seven of those positive on re-Schicking have been
further inoculated, and 46 of them further tested and found negative. Efforts are being