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Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
(Cerebro-Spinal Fever, Meningococcal Meningitis, " Spotted Fever.")
Six cases were notified, and in all but one the diagnoses were confirmed. There was
no death.
Diphtheria and Diphtheria Immunisation.
It will be noted that of the 37 cases of diphtheria notified 20 were unconfirmed.
Therefore, the total number of cases of diphtheria which occurred in the Borough during the
year was 17, compared with 21 in the previous year. The number of persons suffering
from diphtheria in the Borough is small compared with previous years before immunisation
had been accepted by the public.
The immunisation of children is carried out at Welfare Centres and Day Nurseries,
by general practitioners, and also by the London County Council Medical Officers at the day
schools.
Health Visitors have been in constant touch with parents of children under school age,
for the purpose of securing immunisation.
During the year, 2,126 children were recorded as immunised through the various
channels mentioned, representing 86 per cent, of the births recorded, and the total number
of St. Pancras children known to be immunised since the scheme commenced in 1936 is 16,824.
The following graph shows the incidence of diphtheria over a period of 28 years and
the number of immunisations since 1936:—