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Barnes 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table: Table 27.— Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic. The Following Table Shows the Position on 31st December, 1945, in Respect of the 823 Children who Attended the Clinic during 1945.

Table 27.— Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic. The Following Table Shows the Position on 31st December, 1945, in Respect of the 823 Children who Attended the Clinic during 1945.

Position on 31 Dec., 1945
1. TOTAL CASES dealt with during 1945658
(A) Continued in Attendance:—589
(a) Post-Schick Negative (Certificate)380
(b) Completed injections, awaiting Post-Schick test179*
(c) Receiving injections at end of year30
(B) Discontinued Attendance:—69
(a) Completed injections — failed to attend for Post-Schick test..45*
(b) Did not complete injections17
(c) Left district—completed injections—no Post-Schick test5*
(d) Left district before completion of injections2
2.CHILDREN attending for Re-Schick Test two years after immunisation:—165
(a) Re-Schick test negative—immunisation confirmed ..154
(b) Re-Schick test positive—further injections given2
(c) Attended for Re-Schick test—did not attend for reading9
TOTAL CHILDREN attending Clinic during year823
Children invited but did not attend19

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Note.—In addition to the 380 children in respect of whom certificates
were given, 229* additional children completed courses of
immunising injections during the year, making in all 609 children
immunised during the year.

Table: Table 28.—Clinic for Inoculation against Whooping Cough.

Table 28.—Clinic for Inoculation against Whooping Cough.

Position on 11 Dec., 1945
Number of children attending:—
(a) Completed course of injections391
(b) Receiving injections at end of year30
(c) Discontinued injections—left district1
—ceased attending32
Total attending clinic during year454
Children invited but did not attend11