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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 1962
[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. of(1) | No. | Per cent. | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | |
| 1 | 5,856 | 4,509 | 39 | 4,133 | 1,684 | 28.7 | 468 | 11.3 | 3,647 (18 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 2 | 4,415 | 3,484 | 40 | 3,167 | 1,208 | 27.4 | 417 | 13.2 | 2,736 (14 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 3 | 3,144 | 2,144 | 11 | 1,903 | 1,230 | 39.1 | 225 | 11.9 | 1,670 (8 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 4 | 3,073 | 2,421 | 119 | 2,045 | 909 | 29.6 | 158 | 7.7 | 1,887 |
| 5 | 1,500 | 1,012 | 2 | 847 | 651 | 43.4 | 54 | 6.4 | 792 (1 negative not vaccinated) |
| 6 | 4,534 | 3,539 | 40 | 3,186 | 1,308 | 28.8 | 146 | 4.6 | 3,038 (2 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 7 | 7,579 | 5,519 | 265* | 4,350 | 2,964 | 39.1 | 241 | 5.5 | 4,099 (10 negatives not vaccinated) |
| 8 | 5,434 | 4,202 | 93 | 3,683 | 1,658 | 30.5 | 373 | 10.1 | 3,310 |
| 9 | 5,227 | 3,938 | 41 | 3,613 | 1,573 | 30.1 | 285 | 7.9 | 3,319 (9 negatives not vaccinated) |
| Totals | 40,762 | 30,768 | 650 | 26,927 | 13,185 | 32.3 | 2,367 | 8.8 | 24,498 |
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*Includes 183 previously given B.C.G.