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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.
Vaccination against Poliomyelitis
Vaccination of children in certain age groups between the ages
of 2 and 9 years was started early in May and was continued until
the end of June. During these two months, 243 Finchley children
were vaccinated. Those selected for vaccination were from the following
age groups:—
Children born in August and November (1947—1954).
Children born in March (1951—1954).
The vaccine is tested to very high standards and the Ministry of
Health are satisfied that no adverse complications can result from
the 2 injections which are given at monthly intervals. Indeed it is
to be hoped that the benefit of protection against Poliomyelitis will
be extended in the near future to all children and will become accepted
as a routine measure for the protection of health in the same way as
we have come to accept immunisation against Diphtheria.
Measles
The number of notifications was 172 compared with 1,087 in
1954. There were no deaths.
Whooping Cough
The notifications numbered 78 in 1956 and there were no deaths.
During the year, 2 children were immunised by Medical Officers of
the Local Health Authority.
Pneumonia
Thirty-seven cases were notified in 1956 and there were 30
deaths. All except one were persons of 65 years of age and over.
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