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Barnes 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table 26.—Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic. Thf Following Table Shows the Position on 31st December, 1944, in Respect of the 722 Children who Attended the Clinic during 1944.

Position on 31 Dec., 1944
1. TOTAL NEW CASES dealt with during 1944459
(A) Continued in Attendance:—423
(a) Post-Schick Negative (Certificate)184
(6) Completed injections, awaiting Post-Schick test196*
(c) Receiving injections at end of year43
(B) Discontinued Attendance:—36
(a) Completed injections — failed to attend for Post-Schick test-
(b) Did not complete injections18
(c) Left district before completion of injections8
2. CHILDREN attending for Re-Schick Test two years after immunisation:—263
(a) Re-Schick test negative—immunisation confirmed219
(b) Re-Schick test positive—further injections given7
(c) Attended for Re-Schick test—did not attend for reading7
TOTAL CHILDREN attending Clinic during year722
Children invited but did not attend16

Note.—In addition to the 184 children in respect of whom certificates
were given, 196* additional children completed courses of
immunising injections during the year, making in all 380 children
immunised during the year.

Table 27.—Clinic for Inoculation against Whooping Cough.

Position on 31 Dec., 1944
Number of children attending:—
(a) Completed course of injections168
(b) Receiving injections at end of year55
(c) Discontinued injections—left district2
—ceased attending11
Total attending clinic during year236
Children invited but did not attend4