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and Isleworth seems likely to provide an object lesson to the rest
of Great Britain. Sooner or later we must expect an occasional
failure to prevent Diphtheria, for nothing on earth is quite perfect.
Nevertheless Dr. Nash and I believe that by very thorough and
careful work, the number of such failures will be extremely small.
The results obtained would only have been possible with the cooperation
of a District Council and Medical Officer of Health who
encouraged the policy of carrying out Diphtheria Immunization in
the most complete manner with the best possible materials. The
absolute freedom from Diphtheria of our immunised children
during the past two years has already created considerable interest
both in high official quarters and throughout the country. The
figures relating to the actual work of the clinics are appended.
Diphtheria Immunisation, 1931.
Applications for treatment received 733
Number Schick-tested during 1931 956
Number giving positive result to test 829
„ „ negative „ „ 175
*1004
*These give a bigger number than 956 because some from
previous years Schick-test were dealt with.
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Total number of attendances at Clinics during 1931 6019
Children Schick-tested, found positive originally, immunised,
and re-Schick-tested 1392
Number of these found to have become Schick-negative
at the second test 1152
Number still showing varying degrees of positive re-action
to the second Schick-test 157
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