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Poliomyelitis.
No cases of this disease were notified during the year.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
No case of this disease was notified during the year.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Two cases of this disease were notified during the year, one of
which proved fatal.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
Diphtheria.
This disease was less prevalent than last year.
Ninety-one cases in all were notified as against 211 for last
year; 4 Diphtheria Carriers were discovered.
Smallpox.
No cases of Smallpox occurred during the year, but
unfortunately during the early months of 1930 we have been
continuously fighting an epidemic of this disease.
I take this opportunity of mentioning the fact that the continued
freedom from Smallpox infection which Enfield has enjoyed,
has resulted in a smaller number of vaccinations taking place
each year among new born children.
The enquiry that took place as regards the danger from
vaccination has reported, that such danger as there was did not
exist if vaccination was carried out during the early weeks of
life, and one would, therefore, strongly urge all parents to get
their children vaccinated during the first weeks after birth.