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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
Acton 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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The following is the table of the Derwentwater Junior results of Schick testing:—
| Derwentwater Junior. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standards | la | lb | 2a | 2b | 3a | 3b | 4a | 4b | 5a | 5b | Total |
| Positive | 15 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 128 |
| Negative | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 96 |
| Total tested | 22 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 224 |
In the Derwentwater Infants' department, it was not considered
necessary to Schick test the children, and 109 pupils
received the first imunising dose on November loth. The second
imunisation took place on November 27th, and the third on
December 20th. The Derwentwater Junior department was Schick
tested on 26th November and the immunisations were given on
December 6th,. and 20th, and January 26th, 1933.
The Schick test results at John Perryn Junior are given below:-
| John Perryn Junior. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standards | la | lb | 2a | 2b | 2c | 3a | 3b | 3c | Total |
| Positive | 18 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 82 |
| Negative | 5 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 64 |
| Total tested | 23 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 146 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total | |||||
| Positive | 27 | 26 | 27 | 2 | 82 | ||||
| Negative | 13 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 64 = 43.8% Negative. | ||||
Age Groups.
Years 7 8 9 10 11 Total
Positive 26 28 42 25 7 128
Negative 17 20 30 21 8 96 =42.8% Negative.
The next school dealt with was the John Perryn. In
vptember 2 cases occurred in the John Perryn Infants', in October
one, and one in the Senior department. In November 2 cases
occurred in the Infants', 1 in the Junior, and 3 in the Senior. In
December 2 cases occuned in the Senior department. The
first inoculation took place on the 19th December, the second
on the 27th January, 1933, and the third on the 24th February,
1933. Since December we have only had one case from the John
Perryn School. This was in a child who had received one inoculation.
The disease was mild and the patient was soon out of hospital.