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out that elimination of diphtheria is conditional upon the maintenance
of an adequate level of immunisation and that if parents leave their
children unprotected there may be a return of diphtheria outbreaks,
as exemplified during a recent outbreak in the Midlands, where among
38 cases there were 3 deaths, all of them children who had not been
immunised.
Although the provision of an immunisation service for diphtheria,
whooping cough, smallpox or other diseases, is the responsibility of
the London county council, the Lewisham borough council is always
willing to assist the county council in the dissemination of propaganda
and in any other way which will secure the immunisation of the maximum
number of children.