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Number of children immunised: —
(a) Pre-school children (under 5. years) 543
(b) School children (5—15 years) 630
Total 1,173
Number re-tested after 2 years 4
Number of children who were still immune 4
Number of children who required further injections Nil
Number re-tested after 4 years 21
Number of children who were still immune 20
Number re-tested after six years 24
Number of children who were still immune 22
Number of children who required further injections 2
Scabies.
During the year, 218 cases of Scabies were seen, either at the
Clinic, or sent by medical practitioners.
Arrangements have been made for Scabies cases to be treated
at the First Aid Post adjacent to the Clinic, and the personnel
of this post have carried out the treatment in a very satisfactory
way.
The material used for treatment was a Benzyl-Benzoate
Emulsion.
The total number of attendances at the Clinic was 512. Of
the 218, cases seen, 77 were school children.
As previously mentioned, Bacteriological Examinations for
Infectious Disease are carried out by the Pathologist at the Royal
Hospital, Richmond.