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The Council have continued to grant to the North London
Branch of the Infantile Paralysis Fellowship the use of the Squires
Lane Bath on alternate Sundays for "old" cases of Poliomyelitis.
The cases are collected from a wide area by ambulances and
cars and they are assisted in changing and also in the water by
voluntary helpers.
All cases are certified by a doctor to be free from infection.
Measles
The number of notifications was only 99 compared with 857
in 1953. This is the lowest number recorded in the Borough since
1944. There were no deaths.
Whooping Cough
The notifications numbered 91 in 1954 which is the lowest
figure for five years. There were no deaths .
During the year, 15 children were immunised by General
Practitioners and Medical Officers of the Local Health Authority.
Pneumonia
Thirty-eight cases were notified in 1954 and there, were 22
deaths, 15 of which were persons of 65 years of age and over.
Malaria
No case of Malaria was notified in 1954.
Puerperal Pyrexia
The total number of cases notified during the year was 31
all of which occurred at the North Midddlesex Hospital Annexe
in The Bishop's Avenue.
Miscellaneous
The following cases were also notified:
Dysentery 5
Erysipelas 5
Paratyphoid B 1
Vaccination against Smallpox
The number of persons vaccinated for the first time by
General Practitioners and Medical Officers of the Local Health
Authority was five hundred and eighty-five.
Three hundred and two persons were re-vaccinated.
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