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1. Town Hall Clinic.
Total number of inoculations 1,086
Number inoculated three times 354
Number inoculated twice 8
Number inoculated once 8
Average number of inoculations per session 22
Number inoculated in the various age groups:—
Ages in years 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 and over
No. inoculated 10 18 22 31 39
120
40 52 33 38 24
187
15 19 15 8 6
63
370
2. Private Practitioners.
In addition to the above, 95 children have been inoculated
three times by Private Medical Practitioners, and the ages at
which inoculation was performed were as follow:—
Ages in years 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 and over
No. inoculated 1 4 4 9 6
24
13 13 14 5 13
58
4 2 5 1 1
13
95
N.B.—In considering the combined totals (1 and 2) it will
be noticed that 30.9 per cent. of the cases were in the age group
1 to 5 years, 52.7 per cent. in the age group 6 to 10 years, and
16.3 per cent. in the group over 10 years.
3. The Schick Test.
The Schick test for susceptibility to diphtheria has been performed
in 199 of the completed cases, of which 197 proved
negative. In the other two cases, positive results were obtained,
and arrangements will be made for a further test to be carried
out in these cases.
Enteric Fever.
During 1930 only 3 cases were notified, one death being certified
to this cause. All these patients were treated in the Hospital.
Erysipelas.
63 notifications were received, 17 of whom received Hospital
treatment. There were no deaths.