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subjoined table gives the statistical return of this Clinic.
It is regretted that during the Smallpox epidemic in the
first half of the year no time was available for the holding
of this Clinic, so that the attendances suffered, and I fear
that a certain number of cases eventually failed to continue
their treatment.
I am satisfied that in this field of preventive
medicine much remains to be done, but it is a happy indication
when the public are themselves initiating inquiries
into the benefits of Diphtheria immunisation. The
Medical Staff is so much occupied that it is a great pity
that more time is not available for this sphere of useful
work.
Diphtheria I minimisation.
Total No. Schick Tested: 108 Found to be positive: 79
„ „ „ negative: 29
Total No. who received full course of injections: 121
Total No. who were re-tested: 112
1st Re-test. 2nd Re-test. 3rd Re-test.
Found to be positive: 13 3 —
Found to be negative: 99 10 3
Smallpox.
From February to April, 1930, 57 cases of Smallpox
occurred in Bromley, 52 being admitted to the Smallpox
Isolation Hospital, the other five having already parsed
through their infectious period when discovered. This
is the first epidemic of Smallpox in Bromley since 1901/1902
when there were 35 cases and five deaths (a case mortality
of 15 per cent.). Two sporadic cases occurred in Bromley
in 1929, but these were isolated cases who contracted their
infection outside Bromley, and whose infections were able
to be controlled by being brought early to the notice of
the Department. It was never expected that Bromley,
being so closely in touch with London, would escape the
somewhat extensive infection of London during the past
two years.