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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table T. 14—B.C.G. vaccination of school children in Administrative County of London, 1958/59 (fifth 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 (1) | No. | Per cent. | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | |
| 1 | 4,484 | 3,115 | 18 | 2,891 | 1,575 | 35.1 | 344 | 11.9 | 2,545 (2 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 2* | 1,011 | 693 | 1 | 572 | 438 | 43.3 | 63 | 11.0 | 509 |
| 3 | 2,609 | 1,668 | 4 | 1,503 | 1,102 | 42.2 | 144 | 9.6 | 1,358 (1 negative not vaccinated) |
| 4 | 3,415 | 2,527 | 11 | 2,315 | 1,089 | 31.9 | 164 | 7.1 | 2,151 |
| 5 | 2,974 | 1,943 | 20 | 1,812 | 1,142 | 38.4 | 214 | 11.8 | 1,596 (2 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 6 | 4,116 | 3,124 | 32 | 2,881 | 1,203 | 30.0 | 221 | 2,659 (1 negative not vaccinated) | |
| 7 | 6,249 | 5,347 | 45 | 4,544 | 1,660 | 26.6 | 339 | 7.5 | 4,203 (2 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 8 | 4,574 | 3,126 | 22 | 2,922 | 1,630 | 35.6 | 249 | 8.5 | 2,673 |
| 9 | 6,227 | 4,828 | 9 | 4,407 | 1,811 | 29.1 | 298 | 6.8 | 4,104 (5 negatives not vaccinated) |
| Totals | 35,659 | 26,371 | 162 | 23,847 | 11,650 | 32.7 | 2,036 | 8.5 | 21,798 |
* Programme not completed.