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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
Wandsworth 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases.
TABLE XV.
NUMBER OF DOSES AND TIME REQUIRED TO PRODUCE IMMUNITY—AS SHOWN BY A NEGATIVE
RE-SCHICK TEST.
Number of Immunising
Injections given.
Period after last injection of First Series in which re-Test was
Negative.
Total
within
4
months
between
Total
within
1 year
between
4 and 6
months
6 and 9
months
9 and 12
months
12 and
18
months
18 mths
and
2 years
2 years
and
2£ years
Children Under 15.
First Series
2 injections
2
1
4
-
7
-
2
-
9
3 injections
438
264
128
36
866
27
15
-
908
4 injections
5
-
-
1
6
-
-
-
6
Second Series
4 injections
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
2
5 injections
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
-
3
6 injections
-
-
-
6
6
18
8
1
33
Total Under 15
445
265
132
43
885
48
27
1
961
Adults Over 15.
First Series
3 injections
9
10
4
1
24
3
1
-
28
4 injections
-
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
Second Series
6 injections
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
2
Total All Ages
454
276
136
44
910
51
30
1
992