[Report 1937] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1937
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    Immunization Against Diptheria—1937. ■ ' '’roiri”^ ^'=ffU.D. the prophylactic injections had been given ,n 1936, but the fina &h!ch Tests to, ascertaining inrurunity or suscepti bility were performed m 1937. ^ The result in this case was ; Number Schick Tested ... Number Negative (Immune) Number Positive (Susceptible) 214 205 - 95% approx. 9 = 5% approx. I937'h!‘',' ‘r'kl/' '‘o'’ injections were given in s!hick^TesT ^ Ae final The result of the year’s work is set out in the table below. No .of Children 9 vrs. or over Schick Tested. No. positive ( + ) (Susceptible) No. Negative (-) (Imiinine) No. absent at I'cading ot test. No. under fl yrs. who received injections. Total No. who recieved injections. Final Schick Test. + 1 - Magor and St. Mellons R.D. 324 256 67 1 344 600 20 1 413 Risca tJ.D. 493 323 170 0 469 792 Not[ tested Tredegar U.D, ... 112 52 54 6 509 561 Not|testcd Caerleon U.D. 125 101 24 0 1.33 2.34 Not (tested Chep.stow R.D. ... 298 ! 226 66 6 .391 617 Not|teste(l Thus it will be seen that 1.352 children of 9 years and over were Schick Tested (Primary ^st). of these 958 were found to be positive or susceptible to diphtheria and 381 were negative or immune. That is 70% of the children 9 years and over were found to be, as ascertained by the Schick Test, susceptible to diphtheria. A point of interest, revealed in the table is that children living in rural areas acquire immunity later than those living in urban areas. This is only