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IMMUNISATION.
Diphtheria.-The Schick Testing and Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic continued
to operate at Health Centre No. 1 and at the Middlesex Hospital. T.A.F.
(Toxoid-Antitoxin-Floccules in suspension) was the only diphtheria prophylactic
employed. Table 16 gives details of the work carried out during the year.

One application was made for a free supply of antitoxin under the Diphtheria
Antitoxin (London) Order, 1910.
Typhoid Fever.
A special municipal clinic offering inoculations against this disease free of charge
to all was opened towards the end of the year. The supply of typhoid vaccine to
medical practitioners in the Borough was also authorised.
Influenza.
Tho personnel of certain branches of the Council's Civil Defence Service received
inoculations against influenza during the autumn of 1940.
MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH.
On the 23rd October, 1939, the County of London (Measles and Whooping
Cough) Regulations, 1938, were amended by Provisional Regulations made by tho
Minister of Health requiring all cases of measles and whooping cough to be notified
(whereas, under the 1938 Regulations, notification was not required in certain
cases if a similar illness occurring in the same house had been notified within the
previous two months), and fixing the fee payable to a medical practitioner for
each certificate at one shilling. The County of London (Measles and Whooping Cough)
Amendment Regulations, 1940, dated 9th February, 1940, superseded and have the
same effect as the Provisional Regulations.
VACCINATION.
Table 17, prepared by the Vaccination Officer, contains tho vaccination return
relating to the year 1939. The following statement gives some information with
regard to the work done and the results obtained during 1940
Number of vaccinations-
Primary 435
Re-vaccinations 34
469
Number of successful vaccinations 335
Number of unsuccessful vaccinations 83
Awaiting inspection 51