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that these figures could scarcely be bettered in any
part of the country.
Vaccination against smallpox is also
available at our clinics. Our latest figures show
that 80.3% of children up to the age of two years were
vaccinated against smallpox at the end of 1959. This
figure is quite remarkable, especially when it is
remembered that, not- so many yeas ago, little more than
20-25‰ of children were so protected.
Our scheme for vaccination against
poliomyelitis among children and adults is comprehensive.
Vaccination against poliomyelitis is available at all
our clinics, while special clinics have been arranged
on Saturday mornings to cope with young adults up to
the age of 26. We know that approximately 90% of
children up to the age of "15 were protected against
poliomyelitis by vaccination up to the end of 1959.
The figures relating to the age group 15 15/26 is not
fully known, since many young adults were protected
at their place of work in the City. We have every
reason to bellow, however, that at least 50% of adults
in this age group have been protected by vaccination.
Here again I think it can be claimed with some confidence
that these figures are as good as those produced in
any other part of England and Wales. We are now,
of course, offering vaccination to all adults up to
the age of 40.
Our publicity scheme in relation to all
types of immunisation and vaccination is very complete
in Friern Barnet, This includes primary vaccination
or immunisation, in addition to reinforcing injections
given at schools, I think it could be said that
we do more in this direction than most other areas in
Middlesex; indeed, some of my colleagues seem to
think that we do too much; None the less, I am
firmly convinced that this type of publicity - a
valuable piece of health education - is very largely
responsible for producing the excellent results which
we can show in Friern Barnet. We also work in the
closest harmony with general practitioners. I have
made it a practice to keep general practitioners
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