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Measles, Whooping Cough, &c.—In addition to the
formal notifications from doctors included in the foregoing
table, there were reported from other sources,
117 cases of Measles, 42 of Whooping Cough, 96 of
Chicken pox, 180 of Mumps, 20 of German measles,
59 of Scabies, and 66 of Gastro-enteritis.
Diphtheria.—There was a considerable reduction
in the number of cases of Diphtheria notified—from
50 to 36. There were no deaths.
IMMUNISATION.
Immunisation against Diphtheria continued to be
carried out during the year at the Clinic which was
established by the Borough Council at the Infant
Welfare Centre, Cornwall Avenue, in March 1946, and
also at the three Day Nurseries in the Borough.
Similarly there was a continuance by the School
organisation of their activities in this direction. Responsibility
for this phase of our public health work
passed to the London County Council on the transfer
to them of the health services, notwithstanding the
close association of this work with other activities in
connection with the prevention and control of infectious
disease which still remain with the Borough
Council. During the early part of the year it was found
possible to introduce at the Welfare Centre the use of a
combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough immunising
agent giving immunity against both diseases
by a single course of injections. It is understood that
this combined form of prophylactic treatment has been
continued by the London County Council. The following
table gives details of the number of children
immunised during the year but it is not possible to