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notified during 1952 was less than in the previous year
195 compared with 317 - it should be reported that the
epidemic of this infection which commenced in the last weeks
of the year extended into 1953 and resulted in a total of
568 cases. Fortunately the type of disease was mild and
of the 195 cases only one was admitted to hospital.
Whooping Cough.
There were fewer cases of this disease - 65 compared
with 91 in the previous year. In one instance only was
hospital treatment necessary. As the Council is aware a
scheme for immunisation against Whooping Cough either alone
or in conjunction with Diphtheria immunisation is provided
by the Middlesex County Council.
Scarlet Fever.
Notifications during the year were 26, an increase
of 2 over the number of cases in 1951, but well below the
average of the last few years. The character of the
disease was again very mild. For a number of years patients
have been removed to hospital only when circumstances or
conditions have made such action necessary, and in 1952 five
cases were admitted. The infection was not limited to any
particular period of the year or part of the District.
Poliomyelitis.
One case occurred during the year, the patient
being a girl aged 8 years. There was no paralysis.
Typhoid Fever.
The one case notified occurred in the Friern Hospital.
Dysentery.
Of the 19 cases, 17 were patients in the Friern
Hospital.
Tuberculosis.
The number of new cases of Tuberculosis reported
during 1952 was 33 - being 28 pulmonary and 5 non-pulmonary.
In addition 9 persons came to live in the District who had
previously been notified as suffering from Tuberculosis
whilst living in other areas. The total of cases added to
the Register was 42, the same as in the previous year.
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