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It will be observed that the number of individuals attending the clinic is smaller than in 1935,
but considerably larger than in any other previous year- Further particulars regarding this year's
attendances are as follows:—
(1) Number of persons attending:—
1—5 years 174
5-14 years (school children) 187
Over 14 years (adults and Secondary school children) 4
(2) Schick Test:— 365
Primary Positive 76
Negative 38
- 114
Secondary Positive 6
Negative 117
- 123
Grand total 237
(3) Immunisation:—
Number immunised 195
Number re-immunised 6
- 201
(4) Total Attendances 1,043
(5) Incompleted cases :—
Nine cases failed to attend a sufficient number of times for the complete course of
immunisation injections to be carried out-
(6) Two cases attended the clinic for the Schick Test and the subsequent immunisation was
carried out by their private doctor-
(7) The diphtheria prophylactic used for immunising purposes was Toxoid-Antitoxin Floccules
(T-A-F-) and in no case was there any reaction-

*Two deaths are excluded for purposes of calculating the mortality rate- One patient died of
valvular disease of the heart 3½ months after admission and the other died of Pneumonia three
months after admission.