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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases,
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
11
118
14
5
148
2
2
—
152
3 injections
562
679
285
102
1628
57
26
9
1720
4 injections
5
5
—
2
12
—
—
—
12
Second Series
3 to 6 injections
—
—
5
84
89
51
33
18
191
Third Series
5 to 8 injections
—
—
—
—
—
7
5
2
14
Total Under 15
578
803
305
193
1879
117
66
29
2091
Adults Over 15.
First Series
2 injections
—
13
—
—
13
1
—
—
14
3 injections
25
28
14
4
71
3
1
—
75
4 injections
—
1
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
Second Series
3 to 6 injections
—
—
3
7
10
4
2
—
16
Third Series
11 injections
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
Fourth Series
8 injections
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
Total All Ages
603
845
322
204
1974
125
69
31
2199