Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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30 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1937.
TABLE XII.
THE IMMUNISED PERSONS ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF DOSES AND THE TIME REQUIRED TO PRODUCE IMMUNITY— AS SHOWN BY A NEGATIVE RE-SCHICK TEST.
Number of Immunising Injections given. | Period after last injection of the First Series in which re-Test was Negative. | Total | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
within 4 months | between | Total within 1 year | between | |||||||||
4 and 6 months | 6 and 9 months | 9 and 12 months | 1 year and 2 years | 2 years and 3 years | 3 years and 5 years | 5 years and 7 years | 7 years and 9 years | |||||
Children Under 15. | 1 injection | 1439 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 1482 | 34 | 3 | - | — | — | 1519 |
First Series | 2 injections | 313 | 765 | 172 | 21 | 1271 | 61 | 14 | 5 | — | 2 | 1353 |
3 injections | 583 | 775 | 312 | 118 | 1788 | 93 | 15 | 6 | — | 1 | 1903 | |
4 injections | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | |
Second Series 2 to 6 injections | 51 | 121 | 62 | 179 | 413 | 136 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 591 | |
Third Series 3 to 8 injections | — | — | 5 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 1 | - | — | 49 | |
Fourth Series 4 to 6 injections | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | |
Fifth Series 10 injections | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
Total Under 15 | 2391 | 1686 | 563 | 338 | 4978 | 358 | 73 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5432 | |
Adults Over 15. | 1 injection | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 44 | ||||||
First Series | 2 injections | 6 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .— | — | 65 |
3 injections | 29 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 77 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 82 | |
4 injections | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | — | — | — | 1 | ||
Second Series 3 to 6 injections | — | 2 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 13 | — | 1 | — | — | 42 | |
Third Series | 3 injections | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
11 injections | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
Fourth Series 6 to 8 injections | - | - | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | |
Total All Ages | 2458 | 1766 | 602 | 364 | 5190 | 380 | 76 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5671 |