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The following table shows the work done at the infectious
disease clinic, the large majority of patients being of school age:—
Number of clinics held in connection with Infectious
Diseases and Immunisation
52
Number of attendances made
3,571
Average attendance per session
68.6
Number of scarlet fever cases discovered
3
Number of diphtheria cases discovered
2
Number of virulence tests taken in diphtheria carriers
11
Number of children recommended to rheumatism clinic
31
Number of children recommended to ear clinic
8
Number of children recommended to orthopaedic clinic
3
Diphtheria Immunisation.—Immunisation was carried out
at the weekly clinic on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. and at Infants' Departments,
along the lines detailed in the previous reports. The
following summarises the work done during 1938:—
Schick tested for the first time 120
Negative (including pseudo and negative) 48
Positive (including pseudo and positive) 72
Total number of immunisations completed during 1938
(a) School age 1,140
(b) Pre-school age 288
(c) Over school age 4
Total 1,432
Number not completing immunisation or left district 46
Number of Schick tests following immunisation 107
Number of re-Schick tests following immunisation in
previous years 546
Number of attendances made at clinic for immunisation 2.398
Immunisation at schools (included above):—
Number completely immunised 1,034
Number partly immunised 46
Number having second dose, immunised with single dose
in previous years 248
Follow-up of Single Dose A.P.T. Immunisation Cases.—
In view of the unreliability of the single dose method, invitations
were sent to the parents of all children immunised with one dose
A.P.T. to have them Schick tested.
1,240 invitations were sent, 546 responded, and 42 were found
to have relapsed, i.e., 7.6 per cent.
All these cases were given a further dose.