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Barnes 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 27.—Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic.
The Following Table Shows the Position on 31st December, 1940, in Respect of the 138 Children who Attended the Clinic during 1940.
| Position on 31st Dec., 1940 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| † TOTAL CASES dealt with during 1940 | 138 | ||
| (A) Continued in Attendance. | 126 | ||
| (1) Primary-Schick Negative:— | 3 | ||
| (a) Re-Schick Negative (Certificate) | 1* | ||
| 2 | |||
| (2) Primary Schick-Positive:— | 123 | ||
| (a) | 3-injections and, | Post-Schick Negative (Certificate) | 45* |
| (b) | Awaiting Post-Schick reading | 1 | |
| Awaiting Post-Schick test | 52 | ||
| (d) Receiving inj ections at end of year | 25 | ||
| (B) Discontinued Attendance. | 12 | ||
| (C) Number Immunised and Certificates Issued. | 46 | ||
| Schick tests Negative throughout | 1 | ||
| ,, ,, Negative after immunisation | 45 | ||
| Children invited but did not attend 24 | |||
* Cases in which Certificates of immunity have been issued.
† The figures in this Table do not include 90 children who attended at the Clinic
during the year merely for the purpose of a Re-Schick Test two years after the
date of immunisation.
Table 28.—Laboratory Facilities.
| Specimens examined during the year were as follows:— | |
| Sputa for detection of tubercle bacilli | 120 |
| Swabs „ „ „ diphtheria bacilli | 69 |
| Fasces „ „ „ typhoid bacilli | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal fluid | 3 |
| Total | 194 |