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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table T.12—
| 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. off. 1) | No. | Per cent. | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | |
| 1 | 8,603 | 6,684 | 52 | 6,024 | 2,527 | 29.4 | 712 | 11.8 | 5,300 (12 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 2 | 5,278 | 4,041 | 10 | 3,572 | 1,696 | 32.1 | 529 | 14.8 | 3,026 (17 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 3 | 3,421 | 2,413 | 3 | 2,102 | 1,316 | 38.5 | 269 | 12.8 | 1,832 (1 negative not vaccinated) |
| 4 | 4,892 | 3,903 | 105 | 3,323 | 1,464 | 29.9 | 296 | 8.9 | 3,018 (9 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 5 | 6,897 | 5,153 | 27 | 4,403 | 2,467 | 35.8 | 445 | 10.1 | 3,950 (8 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 8,384 | 6,953 | 119 | 6,177 | 2,088 | 25.0 | 294 | 4.7 | 5,881 (2 negatives not vaccinated) | |
| 7 | 8,054 | 5,807 | 161 | 5,013 | 2,880 | 35.7 | 291 | 5.8 | 4,700 (22 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 8 | 5,756 | 4,248 | 111 | 3,841 | 1,804 | 31.3 | 230 | 6.0 | 3,611 |
| 9 | 5,814 | 4,773 | 54 | 4,066 | 1,694 | 29.1 | 311 | 7.6 | 3,732 (23 negatives not vaccinated) |
| Totals | 57,099 | 43,975 | 642 | 38,521 | 17,936 | 31.4 | 3,377 | 8.8 | 35,050 |