Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 5
This shows that the number or children who have had a tuberculous infection is rapidly decreasing but the need for active immunity as provided by B.C.G. is increasing.
School | Consents | Refusals | Heaf Tests | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive Ref. Chest Clinic | Negative | Not Read | Vaccinated | |||
Brampton Manor Sec. Girls | 76 | 70 | 27 | 53 | 13 | 53 |
Burges Manor Sec. Girls | 146 | 80 | 16 | 80 | 6 | 76 |
Plashet Sec. Girls | 90 | 63 | 10 | 93 | 21 | 93 |
Rectory Manor Sec. Girls | 76 | 36 | 69 | 8 | 68 | |
Girls Grammar | 85 | 45 | 8 | 137 | 4 | 130 |
Boys Grammar | 84 | 49 | 12 | 100 | 5 | 99 |
Central Park Sec. Boys | 88 | 40 | 20 | 73 | 17 | 72 |
Cornwell Sec. Boys | 63 | 27 | 7 | 72 | 4 | 72 |
Sandringham Sec. Boys | 94 | 37 | 13 | 94 | 2 | 91 |
Thomas Lethaby Sec. Boys | 157 | 40 | 15 | 133 | 7 | 133 |
Lansbury Special | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
Totals | 964 | 487 | 140 | 910 | 89 | 892 |
NOTE The figures for consents and refusals relate only to pupils in
the 13 year age group. The apparent discrepancies between
these and the remaining figures are due to the fact that the
latter include children whose vaccination was not completed in
previous years.