[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall] page 21

Southall 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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B.C.G. vaccination is offered to contacts of cases of tuberculosis, to medical and
nursing staffs of tuberculosis wards, and since 1957, as a result of the findings of the Medical
Research Council in their Tuberculosis Vaccines Clinical Trial, to children aged 13 and
over in Southall schools. Testing with tuberculin is carried out beforehand. The tuberculin
test, if positive, shows that infection has occurred at some time during life, and further
investigation is undertaken to verify whether this is active, chronic or healed infection, as
these all give the same result to the test. When the tuberculin test is negative and in the
absence of disease, B.C.G. inoculations are carried out in order to render the individuals
tuberculin positive and, therefore, to have immunity to infection by the tuberculous
bacillus.

Table: Details of work on Southall contacts during 1963 and 1964 at Uxbridge Chest Clinic are as follows:—

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Details of work on Southall contacts during 1963 and 1964 at Uxbridge Chest Clinic are as follows:—

1963		Under 1 year		5-15	Over 15	Total	Grand Total
Tuberculin tests—Positive result		4	-	2	32	38	297
	*	1	3	18	203	225
	†	-	1	3	18	22
	‡	—	—	—	12	12
Tuberculin tests—Negative result		21	26	14	24	85	168
	*	15	26	13	20	74
	†	3	1	2	2	8
	‡	—	1 26	—	—	1
B.C.G. given		21	1 26	14	11	721	143
	*	15	26	13	10	64
	†	3	1 1	2	—	6
	‡	—	1 1	—	—	1
B.C.G. given—Babies born in hospital						10	20
B.C.G. given—Babies born in hospital	*					10	20
*Indians and Pakistanis †West Indians ‡Chinese
1964		Under 1 year	1-1	5-15	Over 15	Total	Grand Total
Tuberculin tests—Positive result		-	-	2	12	41	163
	*	-	8	36	86	130
	†	-	1	15	3	19
Tuberculin tests—Negative result		16	14	23	3	56	156
	*	13	24	42	7	86
	†	1	7	6	—	14
B.C.G. given		16	14	23	3	56	147
	*	13	21	36	7	77
	†	1	7	6	-	14
B.C.G. given—Babies born in hospital						13	21
	*					7
	†					1
*Indians and Pakistanis †West Indians

Table: Under the B.C.G. vaccination in schools scheme, details are as follows:—

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Under the B.C.G. vaccination in schools scheme, details are as follows:—

Number invited to take part in scheme	Number of consents received	Referred to Chest Clinic		Number of Children vaccinated with B.C.G.
Number invited to take part in scheme	Number of consents received	Contacts	Positives	Number of Children vaccinated with B.C.G.
351	282	2	58	154

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Table: Details of work on Southall contacts during 1963 and 1964 at Uxbridge Chest Clinic are as follows:—

Table: Under the B.C.G. vaccination in schools scheme, details are as follows:—