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Smallpox.
No case of smallpox occurred during 1958.
In view of the limited outbreak of smallpox in
Tottenham during 1957, the fact that the vaccination
rate among Friern Barnet children (the most recent
figure was 79%), is most encouraging.
Food Poisoning, including Sonne Dysentery.
Six cases of dysentery and three cases of
food poisoning were reported during the year, as
against 7 cases of dysentery and two cases of food
poisoning during the previous year.
I can add little to the paragraph contained
in the Annual Report for 1957. The policy there set
out has been continued, and seems to be proving
effective. Evidence has been accumulating that
Salmonellae food poisoning is on the increase.
For that reason, the most careful enquiries are made
into every case reported to the Public Health department,
in an effort to trace the cause and to eliminate
any hazard which exists, either in Friern Barnet or
elsewhere.
Although cases of Sonne dysentery are reported
from time to time, especially from our schools, no
part of the district and no school was particularly
affected during 1958.
Tuberculosis.
Fifteen cases of tuberculosis (ll pulmonary
and 4 non-pulmonary) were notified during the year,
compared with 21 cases during 1957.
In addition 10 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 25, eight less than in
the previous year.
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