[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 32

London County Council 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table T .ll — B.C.G. vaccination under L.C.C. schemes in1962

1.	Day schools—
	No. of schools visited	343
	No. of 13-year-old children at school	*40,762
	No. of consents	*30,768
	No. tuberculin tested	*26,927
	No. of reactors	*2,367 = 8.8 per cent.
	No. given b.C.G.	*24,954 (includes 456 absentees from 1961 visits)
	No. vaccinated June, 1954 to December, 1962	202,644
2.	Further education establishments (colleges, etc.)
	No. of establishments visited during 1962	23
	No. of students tested	2,147
	No. of reactors	1,457
	No. given b.C.G.	685
3.	Residential establishments—
	No. of establishments visited during 1962	3
	No. of children tested	99
	No. of reactors	11=11.1 per cent.
	No. given B.C.G.	88
4.	Training centres—
	No. of persons tested	177
	No. of reactors	47
	No. given B.C.G.	129
5.	Notifications of tuberculosis (all forms) in 14- and 15-year-old children in
	1954	82
	1955 (first full year after starting B.C.G.)	45
	1958 1959	38 20
	1960	31
	1961	26
	1962	17
6.	Tuberculosis contacts—
	No. given B.C.G. vaccination in London in 1962	4,348
	No. given B.C.G. vaccination in London since inception of
	scheme in 1950	50,920
7.	Diabetics—
	No. given B.C.G. in 1962	14
	No. given B.C.G. since inception of scheme	93
	*Divisional figures are shown in table T.I2