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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XV.
THE IMMUNISED PERSONS ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF DOSES AND THE 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 3 years | |||||
| Children Under 15 First Series | 1 injection | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 2 injections | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 19 | ||
| 3 injections | 545 | 545 | 245 | 86 | 1421 | 41 | 23 | 5 | 1490 | |
| 4 injections | 3 | — | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | 10 | ||
| Second Series | 4 to 6 injections | — | — | 4 | 44 | 48 | 47 | 32 | 17 | 144 |
| Third Series | 5 to 8 injections | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Total Under 15 | 555 | 552 | 255 | 134 | 1496 | 94 | 59 | 24 | 1673 | |
| Adults Over 15. First Series | 3 injections | 20 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 63 | |
| 4 injections | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Second Series | 4 or 6 injections | — | — | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | 13 |
| Third Series | 11 injections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total All Ages | 575 | 576 | 269 | 144 | 1564 | 100 | 62 | 25 | 1751 | |
Infective Diseases.
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