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Pneumonia.
101 cases were notified during the year.
Poliomyelitis.
During the year 16 confirmed cases of Poliomyelitis (13 Paralytic and 3
Non-Paralytic) occurred in the Borough. Notifications were received in April
(1), August (3), September (3), October (7) and November (2).
There were three deaths from this disease.
One case was notified in 1954.
The following table gives the age, incidence, etc., of those suffering from
notifiable diseases, excluding Tuberculosis which is dealt with separately.
It must be noted that the figures in the second column "No. removed to
hospital" includes those already under treatment at a hospital, for instance,
the North Middlesex Hospital.
This remark applies more particularly to the infections associated with
parturition and includes puerperal pyrexia and ophthalmia neonatorum.