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(c) Progress since the Commencement of the Clinic.
A summary of the progress made under the scheme since its
commencement in June 1936, to-date is given hereunder:—
Number of leaflets issued to parents 4,931
„ „ children for whom applications for treatment
have been received 919
„ „ children who have been appointed to attend the
clinic 913
„ „ children who have so far attended 908
„ „ children who have continued to attend to-date 833
„ „ children in respect of whom certificates of
immunity have been issued 819
„ „ children awaiting Re-Schick test 14
„ „ children who failed to complete course 75
Number of Clinic sessions held 145
„ „ attendances made by children 5,347
Average attendance per session 37
There has been no instance of any child in the Borough who
had reacted negatively to a primary Schick test, or who had been
immunised after a positive Schick test, having been notified as a case
of diphtheria.
Scarlet Fever.
The number of cases notified during 1939 was only 36. This is
a low incidence, the number notified annually during the previous
ten years having varied between a maximum of 147 cases and a
minimum of 52 cases. The incidence-rate for this disease in Barnes
was 0.92, compared with 1.53 for London, and 1.89 for England and
Wales per 1,000 of population.
Of the 36 cases notified 33 were removed to the Council's
Isolation Hospital; in the remaining 3 cases isolation of the patient
was carried out at home.
Of the thirty-six notified cases 7 were young children under
school age, 17 were children attending school, and 12 were patients
above school age.
The house-incidence of the cases was as follows:—In 31 instances
only a single case occurred in the house, in one house 2 cases
occurred and in another house 3 cases occurred.
The preventive measures taken in previous years were continued
unchanged in 1939.