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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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table gives particulars of the nine cases of diphtheria : — TABLE III.
| Type of Home | Date of Schick Test | First In jection | Final Injection | Retest | Result of Retest | Date of onset of Diphtheria | Interval between last injection and date of onset of disease | Confirm of diag by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artiza.n— moderately satisfactory ; house let in lodgings | 30/1/24 | 7/2/24 | 20/2/24 (Third) | none | — | 18/3/25 | 13 months | Metropolitan Asylums E (N.E. H |
| Higher Artizan— model dwellings | 4/4/23 | 11/4/23 | 25/4/23 (Third) | none | — | 29/5/25 | 13 months | Metropolitan Asylums E (N.E. H |
| Higher Artizan— modol dwellings | 24/9/24 | 1/10/24 | 15/10/24 (Third) | none | — | 5/4/26 | 18 months | Metropolitan Asylums E (N.E. H |
| Higher Artizan—- part of private house | 11/11/26 | 17/11/26 | 1/12/26 (Third) | none | — | 23/12/26 | 22 days* | Metropolitan Asylums E (N. W. H |
| Residential, separate private house | 28/9/27 | 5/10/27 | 19/10/27 (Third) | none | 21/10/27 | 2 days* | Cuddingto tion Hos | |
| Artizan— model dwellings | 5/9/23 | 12/9/23 | 26/9/23 (Third) | none | — | 26/10/27 | 4 years | Metropolitan Asylums E (N.E. H |
| Higher Artizan— model dwellings | 13/5/25 | 20/5/25 | 10/6/25 (Third) | yes | negative 11/11/25 | 19/2/28 | 2 9/12 years | Metropolitan Asylums B (N.E. H |
| Poor, one room; house let in lodgings | 9/4/24 | 30/4/24 | 18/6/24 (Third) | yes | negative 12/9/24 | 21/2/28 | 3 8/12 years | Metropolitan Asylums B (N.E. H |
| Fair, two rooms; house let in lodgings | 12/1/27 | 19/1/27 | 9/3/27 (Third) | yes | negative 19/10/27 | 15/4/29 | 2 1/12 years | Metropolitan Asylums E (N.W. H |
occurred before the elapse of 9 months, the period laid down at Edinburgh as required to secure artificial immun
shows that only three of the children were retested after the last injection. It cannot be assumi
e administration of three immunising injections, nor that immunity even when once establish
arish and Okell have shown that of 440 Schick positive children who were rendered Sc
cent. were found to be positive when retested 1-7 years later.