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Library books disinfected 44
Bedding dried 23
Temporary Houses:—
Furniture and bedding disinfected and removed to
temporary houses in 179 cases.
Diphtheria.
The number of cases notified during the year was 83, of which 60
occurred among children under 15 years of age. Hospital treatment
was afforded in every case, and there was no death from this disease.
IMMUNISATION.
Four immunisation clinics are held weekly, and the treatment
given consists of two doses of alum precipitated toxoid, the first
0.2 c.c. followed three weeks later by 0.5 c.c.
Notwithstanding intensive propaganda by poster displays, the
distribution of leaflets, personal advice by medical officers and
health visitors; and national publicity on public hoardings and by
films in cinemas, the percentage of children immunised remains
comparatively low.

Medical practitioners are supplied with the prophylactic
material on application at the Health Department, but the number
of children immunised in this way has been very small.