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No. subjected to Re-Schick test Positive 9
(after having undergone two
courses of injections) Negative 117
No. subjected to Re-Schick test Positive 1
(after having undergone three
courses of injections) Negative 4
No. of children immunized without
having been Schick-tested
(under 6 years) 2,664
Total number of children found to
be immune (including immunization
by General Practitioners) 4,695
Immunization by General Practitioners.
No. subjected to Schick test j Positive 18
(Primary) Negative 7
No. subjected to Re-Schick test Positive 4
(after having undergone one
course of injections) Negative 20
No. subjected to Re-Schick test Positive Nil
(after having undergone two
courses of injections) (Negative 2
No. of children immunized without
having been Schick-tested
(under 6 years) 75
The following table shows details of children who
attended for immunization and were subsequently
notified as suffering from Diphtheria, together with
observations as to the type and the ultimate result.
It will be seen that cases number 1 and 7 died from
Diphtheria. In case number 1 the child had received a
Schick test which proved Negative, but unfortunately
contracted what is known as the Gravis type which has
a high fatality.
In case number 7 we were not satisfied
that the test was Negative and arrangements had been
made to repeat the test, but the child was taken ill before
this could be carried out:—