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Of the cases of Infantile Paralysis 5 were mild and
recovered without any lasting paralysis hut two women
unfortunately contracted a fulminating type of the disease
and only survived a few days. Although there were many
contacts of these two cases fortunately none was infected.
IMMUNISATION
One thousand and forty-five children, mostly one year
of age, were Immunised during the year. In addition, 1207
children were re-immunised. This is done at approximately
4' years after the original treatment in order to ensure the
continuity of Immunity.
TUBERCULOSIS
The following table shows the number of notifications
of, and deaths from, pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis
for the years 1938 to 1946 inclusive.

BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK
The bacteriological work, which used to be carried out at
the Joint Isolation Hospital, is now done at the Central Public
Health Laboratory at Colindale which started to function in
February, 1946. The service covers a wide field, is very
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