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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

Willesden 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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In the following table is shown the dosage of
Antitoxin used and the frequency with which the
different doses have been used.

Table: TABLE No. 5.

TABLE No. 5.

*Units ofNo. of
Antitoxin injected.Cases.
None used in8
2,000 „23
4,000 „61
6,000 „48
8,000 „39
8,500 „1
10,000 „11
12,000 „22
14,000 „10
16,000 „12
18,000 „5
20,000 „2
24,000 „1
28,000 „1

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* Including cases and amounts injected prior to admission.
No untoward effects have ever been noted to
follow its use, but a considerable proportion of the
cases have been followed by what are known as
Antitoxin rashes. These for the most part consists of
an urticaria lasting two or three days as a rule and
associated in a few of the cases with joint pains and
occasionally a transient rise of temperature.