[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham] page 41

Dagenham 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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The following figures are those of children dealt with from the time immunization was first started in September, 1930, to December 31st, 1934.

No. subjected to Schick Test (Primary)	Positive	1,898
No. subjected to Schick Test (Primary)	Negative	995
No. subjected to Re-Schick Test (after having undergone one course of injections)	Positive	197
	Negative	1,156
No. subjected to Re-Schick Test (after having undergone two courses of injections)	Positive	3
	Negative	88
No. subjected to Re-Schick Test (after having undergone three courses of injections)	Positive	Nil
	Negative	1
Number of children immunized without having been Schick-tested (under 6 years)		1,371

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The following table shows the cases who contracted diphtheria after having undergone the whole or part of the immunizing course:—

No.	M.orF.	Age.	Immunization history	Notified.	Severity.
1	Male	4	3 doses, April, 1934	17/5/34	Mild.
2	Female	14	Schick negative, 1931	10/10/34	Moderate.
3	Male	11	Positive and 1 dose, 9/3/34	15/3/34	Moderate.
4	Female	6	Positive and 1 dose, 19/6/34	25/6/34	Severe.
5	Male	7	Positive and 3 doses, April, 1933. Not re-tested	18/6/34	Mild.
6	Female	5	1 dose, April, 1934	27/4/34	Moderate.
7	Male	6	1 dose, April. 1934	14/5/34	Died 20/5/34.
8	Male	10	Schick-positive and 3 doses, February, 1932. Re-tested 21 2/33, Negative	10/8/34	Moderate.

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The following table shows the proportion of children of various ages who reacted Schick positively :—

Age.	Total.	No. of Positives.	Percentage Positive.
Under 6	19	13	68.5
,, 7	592	452	76.2
,, 8	505	357	70.7
,, 9	424	274	64.6
,, 10	420	252	60.0
,, 11	323	198	61.6
,, 12	273	156	57.1
,, 13	182	99	54.4
,, 14	109	43	39.4
,, 15	18	8	44.4
Over 15	49	21	42.8