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Ideally the whooping cough vaccine is best given on its own
starting in the third month but as this would involve many injections
in the first year, on balance it appears sound to advise the use
of the triple antigen, starting at three months of age if no poliomyelitis
is occurring in the immediate neighbourhood. If the risk
of contracting poliomyelitis is greater than normal it is probably
safer to give whooping cough vaccine alone, reserving the prophylatic
treatment against diphtheria and tetanus until the following
Spring.
DISINFECTION.
Residents are advised on the best methods of disinfection to
adopt and where it is thought desirable they are assisted professionally.
In general the efficient use of soap and water in
cleansing the surroundings is adequate if coupled with the boiling
of personal linen, after it has been soaked in a disinfectant solution,
and the exposure to the sun of materials likely to be otherwise
damaged.
For the convenience of ratepayers, the Council has decided to
arrange disinfection even when this is not essential to the public
health, but in these cases the following charges are made:—
£1 per load of bedding, etc., 5s. for the first room and 2s. 6d.
for each additional room disinfected at the same time.

BACTERIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL
EXAMINATIONS.
Many preventive measures depend upon an early and correct
diagnosis which can only be made as a result of a bacteriological
examination. The co-operation of the Public Health Laboratory
at West Hill House. West Hill Road, Epsom, is often of paramount
importance and their increasing efficiency and willing assistance
is greatly appreciated.