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Dr. King-Brown, the specialist in charge of the Council's
Immunisation Clinic, which commenced in June, 1935, has
kindly furnished me with the under-mentioned report respecting
the working of that clinic during the past year.
No cases of Diphtheria occurred among persons immunised
and one is tempted to suggest that the small number of cases
notified reflects the good work of this Clinic.
Report on Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic.
During the year 1936, the work of the Diphtheria Immunisation
Clinic has been very successfully continued and the sessions
have been very well attended.
It will be seen from the figures given below that the Schick
Negative rate is approximately the same as last year. The
method of immunisation outlined in the last report (i.e., three
doses of T.A.M.) has been continued, and the results have been
very satisfactory, as 98 per cent, of the children who have had a
full course of treatment have been found to be Schick Negative.
The remaining children (10 in all) have been successfully
inmmunised with further injections.
With a view to reducing, if possible, the number of attendances
required at the Clinic, thus lessening the burden on the
parents and so reducing the number of children who " fail to
complete treatment," a number of cases have been treated with
one injection of " alum precipitated toxoid."
As the secondary Schick test on these children have not yet
been done during the period of the report, it is not yet possible to
form an opinion as to the usefulness of this method of treatment.
It is hoped, however, that a method of immunisation
requiring less than the three doses of prophylactic may be
found to be as satisfactory as the method hitherto employed.
Total number of children attending 873
Total number of attendances 3,196
Total number of clinics held 43
Average attendance per clinic 74,3