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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
London County Council 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table T13—B.C.G. vaccination of school children in Administrative County of London, 1956/57 (third year)—Divisional figures
| Division | No. of 13-year-old school children | Total No. of consents | Alleged contacts of known cases | No. of children tested and read by B.C.G. units | Children not dealt with because of refusal of consent or absence | Positive reactors (among (4) ) | No. of negative reactors vaccinated by B.C.G. units | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consents included in (2) | No. | Per cent. of(l) | No. | Per cent. | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | |
| 1 | 4,783 | 3,338 | 1 | 3,157 | 1,625 | 33.9 | 472 | 14.9 | 2,685 |
| 2 | 4,040 | 3,057 | 20 | 2,964 | 1,056 | 26.1 | 450 | 15.2 | 2,513 (1 negative not vaccinated) |
| 3 | 2,829 | 1,880 | 7 | 1,758 | 1,064 | 37.6 | 266 | 15.1 | 1,491 (1 negative not vaccinated) |
| 4 | 4,093 | 2,975 | 7 | 2,776 | 1,310 | 30.3 | 304 | 11.0 | 2,472 |
| 5 | 3,078 | 2,345 | 9 | 2,280 | 789 | 25.6 | 364 | 16.0 | 1,916 |
| 6 | 4,183 | 3,255 | 57 | 3,130 | 996 | 23.8 | 384 | 12.3 | 2,740 (6 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 7 | 5,133 | 3,890 | 76 | 3,656 | 1,401 | 27.3 | 387 | 10.6 | 3,256 (13 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 8 | 4,362 | 3,170 | 56 | 3,017 | 1,289 | 29.6 | 401 | 13.3 | 2,608 (8 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 9 | 5,338 | 3,948 | 58 | 3,779 | 1,501 | 28.1 | 424 | 11.2 | 3,342 (13 negatives not vaccinated) |
| Totals | 37,839 | 27,858 | 291 | 26,517 | 11,031 | 29.2 | 3,452 | 13.0 | 23,023 |