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SCHICK TESTING AND DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION CLINIC.
In the middle of the year the Borough Council decided to enlarge
the scope of Diphtheria preventive inoculations by instituting a general
practitioners' scheme whereby all general practitioners experienced in
this work could undertake the inoculation of children applying to them
for this form of treatment, at the cost of the Borough Council.
Arrangements between general practitioners and the Council were
that Schick testing should be performed by the Council's expert at the
Schick Testing Clinic, and that a fee of half-crown per injection should
be paid to the general practitioner.
The scheme has been a great success, many more persons than was
anticipated have taken advantage of this service.