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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barnes 1947
[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 3 1st December, 1947, in Respect of the 721 Children who Attended the Clinic
during 1947.
| Position on 31 Dec., 1947 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 487 | |
| (A) Continued in Attendance:— | 477 | |
| (a) Post-Schick Negative (Certificate) | 247 | |
| (6) Completed injections, awaiting Post-Schick test | *199 | |
| (c) Receiving injections at end of year | 31 | |
| (B) Discontinued Attendance:— | 10 | |
| (a) Completed injections — failed to attend for Post-Schick test | - | |
| (b) Did not complete injections | 8 | |
| (c) Left district—completed injections— no Post-Schick test | - | |
| (d) Left district before completion of injections | 2 | |
| 2. | ||
| (a) Re-Schick test negative— immunisation confirmed | 200 | |
| (b) Re-Schick test positive—further injections given | 17 | |
| (c) Attended for Re-Schick test—did not attend for reading | 13 | |
| 721 | ||
| Children invited but did not attend | 16 | |
Note.— In addition to the 247 children in respect of whom certificates
were given, 199* additional children completed courses of
immunising injections during the year, making in all 446 children
immunised during the year.
Table 28.— Clinic for Inoculation against Whooping Cough.
| Position on 31 Dec., 1947 | |
|---|---|
| Number of children attending:— | |
| (a) Completed course of injections | . 378 |
| (b) Receiving injections at end of year | 23 |
| (c) Discontinued injections—left district | 2 |
| —ceased attending | 14 |
| Total attending clinic during year | 417 |
| Children invited but did not attend | 9 |