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Number of persons who have attended for immunisation since
commencement of scheme (including Schick negatives,
uncompleted cases and defaulters) 2,287
Results of Schick Test after Three Months (1937).
Negatives 185
Positives 38
223
f urther Results of the 38 "Positives" —
After 4th injection
Negatives 37
Positives 1
After 5th injection:—
Negatives 1
Positives Nil
Number of Cases failing to complete Immunisation (1937) 20
Before three injections 8
After three injections 12
Total number of visits paid to schools and Clinic for purposes
of immunisation (1937) 2,009
Total number of visits paid to schools and Clinic for purposes
of immunisation since inception of scheme 10,439
Number of cases to be completed in 1938 307
Reactions after Injections (1937).
Over
1-5 yrs. 5-10 yrs. 10-15 yrs. 15 yrs. Total.
Mild 1 — — 3 4
Moderate — — — 1 1
Severe 1 — — — —
2 — — 4 6
So far as can be ascertained, not a single child immunised
against diphtheria during 1937 developed olinieal diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever (including Paratyphoid).—Three cases of
paratyphoid B fever were notified during the year, as against 8
cases of typhoid and 2 of paratyphoid B fever during 1936. In all
three instances, the infection occurred in children between the
ages of 4 and 5, although there was no apparent connection between
any case. No evidence as to the source of infection was obtained.
Two cases were removed to the Isolation Hospital. All three cases
made a satisfactory recovery.
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