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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
Dagenham 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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of those who are Schick-positive after receiving three doses. It
does not appear either that it has resulted in any greater proportion
failing to complete the full course of injections.
The following table shows the difference in the percentage of
those who are Schick-negative after three doses under the new
arrangement compared with the numbers found Schick-negative
after three doses at shorter intervals. In spite of the small numbers
yet available for purposes of comparison, it is felt that it is better
to divide them into the various age-groups to avoid any question
of the effect of dealing with children of different ages.
| Age | Weekly doses | 1 week between first 2 doses; longer between 2nd and 3rd. | 1 week between 2nd and 3rd; longer between 1st and 2nd | Doses at two or three weekly intervals. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | |
| Under 2 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | — |
| „ 3 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | — | 21 | — |
| „ 4 | 23 | 9 | 10 | — | 5 | 3 | 18 | 1 |
| ,, 5 | 38 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 14 | — |
| 6 | 29 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 2 |
| ,, 7 | 52 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 2 |
| „ 8 | 62 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 53 | 3 |
| „ 9 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 37 | 3 |
| „ 10 | 42 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 13 | — |
| „ 11 | 45 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| „ 12 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| „ 13 | 20 | 6 | 5 | .—. | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| „ 14 | 2 | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 5 | — |
| Over 14 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
The following is a summary of the work carried out during
the year :—
No. immunized without preliminary testing ••• *
No. Schick Tested
Of these 126 were Negative.
Of the Schick-positives, number who received
three doses
No. of Re-Schick tests
Of these 196 were Negative.
Of the Schick-positives, number who received
three doses