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The following list shows the particulars regarding the two
deaths certified as due to diphtheria during the year.

ARTIFICIAL IMMUNISATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA.
Inoculations.
The preliminary Schick Test of susceptibility is omitted in
children under ten years of age unless the parents express a definite
wish to have the preliminary test carried out.
The preparation which has been in routine use at the Council's
special clinics has been T.A.F., of which two intramuscular injections
are given, with an interval of four weeks between the
two inoculations.
Immunisation by Private Medical Practitioners.
In order to encourage the protective inoculation by private
medical practitioners of Leyton children whose parents do not wish
to attend the municipal clinics, the Council decided that facilities
should exist for the supply of diphtheria toxoid-antitoxin, free of
charge, to local medical practitioners on condition that they supply
the Medical Officer of Health with the necessary particulars regarding
the persons immunised and adequate proof of the results of immunisation.
The following are the particulars regarding Leyton
children who attended private medical practitioners during the
year:—
Number of private medical practitioners who applied
for supplies of toxoid-antitoxin 8
Number of children immunised 13
Record of Attendances during 1938.
The following figures give particulars regarding the children
dealt with at the municipal diphtheria immunisation clinics during