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Wandsworth 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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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 | 1441 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 1484 | 34 | 3 | _ | _ | _ | 1521 |
| First Series | 2 injections | 607 | 870 | 192 | 25 | 1694 | 67 | 14 | 5 | _ | 2 | 1782 |
| 3 injections | 584 | 779 | 312 | 118 | 1793 | 98 | 16 | 9 | - | 1 | 1917 | |
| 4 injections | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | - | — | 12 | |
| Second Series | 2 to 6 injections | 51 | 121 | 105 | 260 | 537 | 143 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 722 |
| Third Series | 3 to 8 injections | — | — | 5 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 57 |
| Fourth Series | 4 to 6 injections | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 |
| Fifth Series | 10 injections | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Total Under | 15 | 2688 | 1795 | 626 | 423 | 5532 | 385 | 74 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 6017 |
| Adults Over 15. | 1 injection | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 44 | |||||
| First Series | 2 injections | 8 | 44 | 31 | 3 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | — | 90 |
| 3 injections | 29 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 78 | 5 | — | 1 | - | — | 84 | |
| 4 injections | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | — | 1 | |
| Second Series | 3 to 6 injections | — | 2 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 49 |
| Third Series | 3 injections | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 |
| 11 injections | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | — | 1 | |
| Fourth Series | 6 to 8 injections | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Total All Ages | 2757 | 1880 | 682 | 454 | 5773 | 410 | 78 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 6290 | |
32 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1938.
Four cases primary Schick positive, received no series of injections and re-Schick test negative after suffering from Diphtheria.
One case primary Schick positive, received no series of injections and re-Schick test negative after one year and nine months.
One case primary Schick positive, received no series of injections and re-Schick test negative after three years and three months.