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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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The results of the re-tests of children so treated are not yet available in sufficient numbers to draw any final conclusion, but it will probably be found to be quite satisfactory.
| Total number of children attending | 659 | |
| Total number of attendances | 1,967 | |
| Total number of clinics held | 44 | |
| Average attendance per clinic | 44.5 | |
| Total number of Certificates issued | 444 | |
| Total number of children failing to complete treatment Number of Primary Schick Tests:— | 49 | |
| Number positive (91.2%) | 156 | |
| Number negative (8.8%) | 15 | |
| 171 | ||
| Number of Secondary Schick Tests:— | ||
| Number positive (15.6%) | 65 | |
| Number negative (84.4%) | 352 | |
| Number of Re-Secondary Schick Tests:— | 417 | |
| Number positive | 2 | |
| Number negative | 74 | |
| 76 | ||
| Number of Re-re-Secondary Schick Tests:— | ||
| Number positive | — | |
| Number negative | 3 | |
| — | 3 | |
| Number of Primary Schick Tests after 2 years:— | ||
| Number positive | 2 | |
| Number negative | 49 | |
| — | 51 | |
| Analysis of Treatment. | ||
| Secondary Schick Tests: | ||
| A.P.T. (" A ")—1 Dose. Positive | 17 | |
| Negative | 35 | |
| — | 52 | |
| A.P.T. (" A ")—2 Doses. Positive | 5 | |
| Negative | 40 | |
| — | 45 | |