Annual report of the Department of Public Health and the Central Board of Health / South Australia.

  • South Australia. Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1964]
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Credit: Annual report of the Department of Public Health and the Central Board of Health / South Australia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE 33—EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TUBERCULIN TESTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1964 Type of Survey—Contacts Age Number Tested Type of Test Positive Negative Mantoux 10 Tu of OT Heaf OT Not Previously Vaccinated with B.C.G. Previously Vaccinated with B.C.G. i No. Per Cent* No. Per Cent* No. Per Centf 0-4 . 697 697 — 15 3.33 247 — 435 96.67 5-9 . 549 549 — 10 2.77 189 — 360 97.23 10-14 . 353 353 — 14 6.79 147 — 192 93.21 15-19 . 263 263 — 13 10.74 142 — 108 89.26 20-24 . 190 190 — 26 31.71 108 — 56 68.29 25-29 . 316 316 — 37 27.61 182 — 97 72.39 30-34 . 197 197 — 65 45.45 54 — 78 54.55 35-39 . 176 176 — 57 44.19 47 — 72 55.81 40-44 . 134 134 — 63 60.00 29 — 42 40.00 45-49 . 90 90 — 42 60.00 20 — 28 40.00 50 and over. 267 267 — 165 61.88 — — 102 38.12 Totals .. 3,242 3,242 — 507 24.36 1,165 — 1,570 75.64 •This is a percentage of the number of persons tested less the number of those persons tested who were previously vaccinated with B.C.G. tThis percentage relates to the number tested. TABLE 34—B.C.G. VACCINATIONS 1964 Age Group Contacts Others Total Vaccinated 0-4 . 238 42 280 5-9 . 174 25 199 10-14 . 94 9,526 9,620 15-19 . 77 1,011 1,088 20-24 . 44 79 123 25-29 . 66 46 112 30-34 . 52 31 83 35-39 . 50 24 74 40-44 . 24 24 48 45-49 . 20 24 44 50-54 . 20 10 30 55-59 . 10 7 17 60-64 . 14 — 14 65-69 . 7 — 7 70-74 . 3 — 3 75 and over . 3 — 3 Total . 896 10,849 11,745 TABLE 35—RETESTING OF B.C.G. VACCINATIONS, YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1965 Retested Post B.C.G. Positive Per Cent Positive Post B.C.G. Negative Per Cent Negative 2 months after B.C.G. 4,408 1,321 93.8 87 6.1 12 Months after B.C.G. 228 207 90.8 21 9.2 2 Years after B.C.G. 147 128 87.1 19 12.8 3 years after B.C.G. 176 147 83.5 29 16.5 4 years after B.C.G. 165 150 90.9 15 9.1 5 years after B.C.G. 197 181 91.8 16 8.1 6 years after B.C.G. 180 166 92.2 14 7.7 7 years after B.C.G. 122 113 92.6 9 7.4 8 years after B.C.G. 398 373 93.7 25 6.3