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Smallpox.
Once again, no case of smallpox was notified
during the year.
It is again my pleasure to report that the
number of mothers bringing their infants for vaccination
to child welfare clinics in Friern Barnet, and the
number of mothers requesting the same service from their
family doctors, is still increasing. The latest
figures show that the number of children under the age
of two years who have been protected against smallpox,
either at clinics or by the family doctor, is now upwards
of 60%. When compared with the tiny percentage which
one remembers not so many years ago, these figures can be
allowed to speak for themselves.
Tuberculosis.
Seventeen cases of tuberculosis (all pulmonary)
were notified during the year, compared with 15 cases
during 1955.
In addition, ten persons who had previously been
notified as suffering from tuberculosis whilst living
in other areas came to live in the district during the
year. The total number of cases added to the register
was therefore 27, six fewer than in the previous year.
The distribution of the new cases throughout the
various Wards was as follows:
North. South. Central. East. West. Friern Hospital.
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A general classification of the new cases notified
during the past three years (excluding those notified
from Friern Hospital) in relation to their employment
was:
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