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notifications were received. There was a nil return for the years
1963, 1962 and 1961, one for 1960, none for 1959 and one was
recorded for 1958.
Poliomyelitis.—It has previously been pointed out that the
vagaries of notification procedure have led to misleading statistics
concerning specified administrative areas but this proved of no
consequence during the current year as no notifications of poliomyelitis
were received. There have been no Greenwich cases since
1958 when there was one.
Of school children undertaking a poliomyelitis inoculation
course, 24 received two and 30 received their third injection
during the year. For persons between the ages of 16 and 40 years
the figures were 11 and 35 respectively. In addition, a fourth
injection or doses of Sabin following 3 injections of Salk were given
to 1,031 children between the ages of 5 and 12 years. School
children completing a Sabin course numbered 1,757 and over school
age there were 139.
Malaria.—Compared with a nil return for this year and for
the years 1963, 1962, 1961 and 1960, one notification of benign
tertian was registered for 1959.
Tuberculosis.—During the year 41 notifications in respect of
confirmed cases of tuberculosis were received compared with 32
for 1963. Of these, 30 were of the pulmonary type and 11 nonpulmonary,
i.e., tuberculosis of parts of the body other than the
lungs.

Disinfection was offered and carried out in 3 cases including
3 rooms.
During 1964, some 803 Greenwich school children received
B.C.G. vaccination under the direction of the School Medical
Officer.