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immunised at the Clinic established in November, 1929, at
the Public Health Offices. The following are the particulars showing
work carried out at this Clinic in connection with children of
school age during 1931:—
Schick tested 85
Positive 76
Negative 9
Not Schick tested 9
Inoculated (full course) 94
Schick + 1931 76
Schick + 1930 9
Not tested 9
Negative after full course of inoculation 28
Positive after full course of inoculation and re-inoculated 2
Awaiting re-test 60
Not re-tested after inoculation on account of leaving district,
etc 4
Result of final Schick test in 1931 of cases inoculated in 1930
(134 at the Clinic and 27 at the Schools) :—
Positive and re-inoculated 11
Negative 150
(c) Measles and German Measles.— 72 cases were notified from
the schools in 1931, compared with 1,295 during 1930. No deaths
from Measles in a child of school age occurred in 1931, compared
with nil in 1930, nil in 1929, 1 in 1928, and nil in 1927.
(d) Small Pox.— Two cases of Small Pox among children of
school age occurred during the year.
Case No. 1.— This was an unvaccinated boy, aged 11 years,
a scholar attending Loxford School, notified on the 8th April.
The patient was removed to Hospital the same day, and the house
disinfected. The contacts of the case (7 of whom were children
of school age) were followed up.
Case No. 2.— This was an unvaccinated girl, aged 7 years, a
scholar attending Gordon School, notified 8th April. This girl
is a sister of the child mentioned in Case No. 1. She was herself
removed to hospital on same day, and the house disinfected.
Both cases were of the mild type, and I am pleased to record
that, owing to the measures adopted, no further cases occurred.