Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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No. of Re-Schick positives subjected to further
Schick test 59
All of the 59 were negative.
The following notes relate to the only case this year in which
diphtheria occurred in a child who had received three doses of
toxoid anti-toxin. In December a girl aged 4 contracted
diphtheria. She had received three doses of toxoid anti-toxin
on 1/10/31, 8/10/31 and 15/10/31. She had not been re-Schick
tested.
The following figures are those of children dealt with from the time immunization was first started in September, 1930, to December 31st., 1933.
No. subjected to Schick Test (Primary) | Positive 1,302 |
Negative 689 | |
No. subjected to Re-Schick Test (after having undergone one course of-injections). | Positive 174 |
Negative 698 | |
No. subjected to Re-re-Schick Test (after having undergone two courses of injections). | Positive Nil. |
Negative 59 | |
Number of children immunized without having been Schick-tested (under 6 years) 917 |
The following table shows the proportion of children of various ages who reacted Schick-positively:—
Age | Total. | No. of Positives. | Percentage Positive. |
---|---|---|---|
Under 6 | 14 | 9 | 64 .3 |
7 | 389 | 292 | 75 .0 |
8 | 343 | 240 | 69 .9 |
,, 9 | 295 | 191 | 64.7 |
,, 10 | 278 | 175 | 63.0 |
,, 11 | 212 | 130 | 61.3 |
,, 12 | 200 | 120 | 60.0 |
,, 13 | 108 | 61 | 56.5 |
,, 14 | 58 | 21 | 36.2 |
,, 15 | 10 | 3 | 30.0 |
Over 15 | 15 | 8 | 53.3 |