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Barnes 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic.

The Following Table Shows the Position on 31st December, 1938, in Respect of the 323 Children who Attended the Clinic during 1938.

Position on 31 st Dec., 1938
†TOTAL CASES dealt with during 1938323
(A) Continued in Attendance.303
(1) Primary-Schick Negative:—31
(a) Re-Schick Negative (Certificate)22*
(b) Awaiting re-Schick test7
(c) Re-Schick Positive:—2
(i) 3-injections, Post-Schick Negative (Certificate)-
(it) ,, , awaiting Post-Schick test2
(2) Primary Schick-Positive:—272
(a)3-injections and,Post-Schick Negative (Certificate)225*
(b)Awaiting Post-Schick reading7
(c)Awaiting Post-Schick test30
(d) 2-injections, awaiting further injection4
(e) 1-injection
(f) Awaiting immunisation1
(g) 3-injections, Post-Schick Positive:—5
(i)2nd Course ofinjections2nd Post-Schick Negative(Certificate)3*
(ii)Awaiting 2nd Post-Schick reading1
(iii)Awaiting 2nd Post-Schick test1
(B) Discontinued Attendance.20
(a) Left the District:—5
(i) Primary-Schick, awaiting reading-
(ii) Primary-Schick, Negative-
(Hi) ,, ,, Positive 2-injections (1), 3-injections (4)5
(b) Discontinued for other reasons:—15
(i) Primary-Schick, awaiting reading5
(ii) Primary-Schick, Negative-
(Hi) ,, ,, Positive, 2-injections10
(C) Number Immunised and Certificates Issued.250
Schick tests Negative throughout22
,, ,, Negative after immunisation228
*Cases in which Certificates of immunity have been issued. †The figures in this Table do not include the 46 children, referred to on page 42, who attended at the Clinic merely for the purpose of a Re-Schick Test two years after the date of immunisation.