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Whooping Cough
The notifications numbered 25 in 1960 and there were no deaths.
During the year, 155 children were immunised by General Practitioners
and Medical Officers of the Local Health Authority.
Pneumonia
Only two forms of pneumonia, namely, acute primary and
influenzal, are notifiable. Twelve such cases were reported to me
during the year.
In the table of deaths, all forms of pneumonia are included in
the classification (No. 23). It will be seen that 42 deaths occurred
and of these 36 were persons of 65 years of age and over.
Puerperal Pyrexia
The total number of cases notified during the year was 26, and
25 of these occurred at the North Middlesex Hospital Annexe in The
Bishop's Avenue. The remaining one case occurred at home.
Food Poisoning
Four persons were notified as suffering from food poisoning
during the year, and in addition 4 cases were otherwise ascertained.
This compares rather favourably with last year when 15 cases occurred.
A causative organism was not identified in any of the notified
cases.
Paratyphoid
As stated previously, only one case of paratyphoid was notified.
The patient, a bus conductress, was originally notified to me as a
suspected case of typhoid and was under observation at a North
London Fever Hospital. All contacts were traced, and all General
Practitioners in Finchley were advised to keep watch for any case of
obscure fever.
Despite extensive investigations, it was not possible to trace the
source of infection in this case. The patient made a good recovery.
Dysentery
Forty-four cases of dysentery were notified and all of these cases
were visited, investigated and the persons concerned advised on how to
prevent the spread of this infection. All cases were due to shigella
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