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Southall 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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THE DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION CLINIC IS HELD PROM 2 TO .3 P.M. ON
THURSDAY AFTERNOONS AT THE MANOR HOUSE, THE GREEN, SOUTHALL. IT
IS HOPED THAT ALL PARENTS WILL AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THIS OPPORTUNITY
OF BENEFITING THEIR CHILDREN AND OF SAVING THEMSELVES A LARGE
AMOUNT OF ANXIETY IN THE FUTURE. Arrangements have been made with the schools
in order that school children who are treated may have their attendance regarded as a schoolattendance.
E. GRUNDY, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Heal III.
A general report of the attendances at clinical sessions during the year is shown in the following table No. 45.
Table No. 45
| Number of sessions held | 52 |
| Number of new patients | 273 |
| Total attendances made | 1,899 |
| Average attendance per session | 36 |
| Highest attendance at a session | 96 |
| Lowest attendance at a session | 5 |
| During 1938 the number of new cases was | 273 |
| The number of children over the age of 6 years who were tested and found to be Schick negative, therefore not requiring immunisation | 13 |
| The number of patients in whom treatment was completed and a Schick test done afterwards found to be negative | 133 |
| The number of patients in which treatment was completed but who were waiting tests at the end of 1938 | 88 |
| The number of patients with regard to whom treatment was unfinished in the year 1938 and will be completed later | 14 |
| The number of patients who failed to attend for final test after Three injections | 1 |
| Two injections | 18 |
| One injection | 5 |
Only one child attended for a preliminary Schick test
and subsequently failed to make any further
attendance.
It is the practice to Schick test all children at the age of 6 years and
over who attend requesting immunisation, and during the year 68 children
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