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The usual practice is to do a skin test first and
to give BCG vaccine to those who do not react to
the test. School children showing a positive
reaction are referred to the chest clinic for a chest
X-ray as a positive reaction may be due to
previous contact with tuberculosis. The numbers
tested and vaccinated during the year are shown
below—
Contacts at chest clinic
Number skin tested 169
Number found positive 58
Number found negative 104
Number vaccinated 116
School children and students
Number skin tested 2,095
Number found positive 681
Number found negative 1,346
Number vaccinated 1,178
General
The local authority does not provide vaccination
against yellow fever, cholera, typhoid or
paratyphoid fevers and persons desiring such
protection should consult their own doctors.
Yellow fever vaccination is carried out at the
following centres:—
Hospital for Tropical Diseases 4 St Pancras Way
London NW1 Tel: 01-387 4411 Ext 137
Medical Department Unilever House Blackfriars
EC4 Tel: 01-353 7474 Ext 2841
53 Great Cumberland Place W1 Tel: 01-262 6456
Patients are seen by appointment only. No
charge is made.
Cholera, enteric fever and typhus vaccination
is available at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases
4 St Pancras Way NW1 Tel: 01-387 4411 Ext 137
by appointment only.
Anthrax vaccine is available from the Central
Public Health Laboratory Colindale Avenue NW9
Tel: 01-205 7041.