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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough.
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Age groups of 183 persons attending during 1938.
| Ages. | 6 to 12 months | 1 to 2 years | 2 to 3 years | 3 to 4 years | 4 to 5 years | 5 to 6 years | 6 to 7 years | 7 to 8 years | 8 to 9 years | 9 to 10 years | 10 to 11 years | 11 to 12 years | 12 to 13 years | 13 to 14 years | 14 to 15 years | Adults 15 years and above | |||||||||||||||||
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| Total for 1938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | Total Schick Tested 58 | ||||||||||||||||
| Result of Schick Test. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | 28 Pos. 30 Neg. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | 19 | ||
| Received inoculation without pre-liminary Schick test. | - | 59 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | Total inoculated without preliminary Schick test 125 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total received inoculation (includes inoculation of Schick posi-tives as shown above). | - | 59 | 27 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | _ | _ | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 20 | Total 1531 | ||||||||||||||||
* 20 of these failed to complete the routine inoculation.