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As in previous years all children discharged from the Isolation
Hospital or after home isolation for infectious diseases were seen,
and particular care was -taken to refer all cases with any suspicion
of rheumatism or of cardiac defect to the next Rheumatism Clinic.
The following table shows the work done at the infectious
diseases Clinic, the large majority of patients being of school age :—
Number of clinics held in connection with Infectious
Diseases _. .... 50
Number of attendances made 373
Average attendance per session 7.4
Number of children recommended to Rheumatism
Clinic — 1
Number of children recommended to Aural Clinic 3
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION
Immunisation was carried out at the weekly clinic on Tuesdays
at 2 p.m., at Schools, and at all Welfare Centres along the lines
detailed in previous reports. The following summarises the work
done :—
Schick tested for the first time 4
Negative (including pseudo and negative) 1
Positive (including pseudo and positive) 3
Total number of immunisations completed during 1946: —
(a) School age 882
(b) Pre-school age 1,730
(c) Over school age — 11
Total 2,623
(d) Number already immunised having a reinforcing
dose 1,840
The above total includes 180 children immunised at Brookscroft
and 225 by Private Practitioners.
Number of Schick Tests following immunisation 79
Number Positive 3
Number Negative 73
Not seen — ...... 3
Number of clinics held for immunisation 52
Number of attendances made at clinic for immunisation 2,008
Average attendance per session 38.6
Immunisation ait schools (included above)
Number completely immunised 792
Number partly immunised 71
Number having extra dose, immunised in previous years 1,655