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HOSPITAL FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
During the year, the following cases were admitted from Enfield
to South Lodge Hospital.
Measles 15
Meningococcal Infection 2
Scarlet Fever 33
Poliomyelitis 1
Whooping Cough 2
Gastro-enteritis 7
Diarrhoea and Vomiting 2
Upper Respiratory Infection 1
Pyrexia 7
Pneumonia 18
Erysipelas 3
Quinsy 3
Bronchitis 3
Others 21
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DIPHTHERIA
For the tenth year in succession no case of Diphtheria occurred
in the Borough.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION
1,129 children were immunised for the first time and 1,138
received subsequent reinforcing doses during the year.
WHOOPING COUGH IMMUNISATION
922 children were immunised against Whooping Cough for the
first time during the year, and 121 received subsequent re-inforcing
doses.
POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATION
At the end of the year, 5,957 people had completed a course
of three injections, 166 had received only one injection, and about
10,000 had received two injections.