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Whooping Cough.
Edmonton children are immunised against Whooping Cough. The
material used is " Vaccine A," and during the year, 768 appointments were
made for this treatment—510 children completed treatment.
CANCER.
The incidence of Cancer relative to the various organs of the body is
given as under :—
Males. Females.
Breast — 17
Uterus — 10
Buccal cavity and oesophagus 8
Stomach and duodenum 13 9
All other sites 69 43
90 79
PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.
Cases of ophthalmia neonatorum are promptly visited and, if thought
necessary, are removed to hospital for treatment. No cases of blindness have
arisen during the year due to this cause.
As provided by Section 176 (1) of the Public Health Act, 1936, arrangements
exist with the Middlesex County Council for the treatment at the school
clinics of adolescents who are ascertained at school to be suffering from defective
vision.
ORTHOPAEDIC TREATMENT.
Details of this scheme were set out in my Report for 1939.
ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MASSAGE OR SPECIAL TREATMENT.
In 1941 the Council resolved that Part 7 of the Middlesex County Council
Act, 1934, be put into operation in the Borough.
TUBERCULOSIS.