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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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| No. of school children immunised without preliminary testing | 4 |
| No. of pre-school children immunised without preliminary testing | 4 |
| No. Schick tested | 2 |
| These were Positive. | |
| No. of Re-Schick tests | 17 |
| These were Negative. | |
| Total number of children found to be immune during the year | 390 |
The following figures are those of children dealt with from the time immunisation was first started in September, 1930, to December 31st, 1938:—
| No. subjected to Schick test (Primary) | Positive 3,092 |
| Negative 1,671 | |
| No. subjected to Re-Schick test (after having undergone one course of injections) | Positive 246 |
| Negative 3,240 | |
| No. subjected to Re-Schick test (after having undergone two courses of injections) | Positive — |
| Negative 122 | |
| No. subjected to Re-Schick test (after having undergone three courses of injections) | Positive 1 |
| Negative 5 | |
| No. of children immunised without having been Scbick-tested (under 6 years) | 2,893 |
| Total number of children found to be immune (including immunisation by General Practitioners) | 5,086 |