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SECTION F
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
1.—Poliomyelitis
An epidemic of Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis
arose during 1947. Thirteen cases occurred in Hayes and
Harlington with no deaths. There was one death attributed
partly to Poliomyelitis from which the patient had suffered
10 years before.
2.—Scabies
Fifty-seven males (adult) and eighty females and
children were treated for scabies during the year, and only
one case of infestation with lice was reported.
The clinic is held at the Hayes Cottage Hospital, and is
still open twice weekly for females and children, and when
required for males (adult).
3.—Diphtheria Immunisation
(Hayes Cottage Hospital)
Number of sessions 40
Number of attendances 633
Number of prophylactics given 409
Number of post-schicks and re-tests 131
Number of post-schicks and re-tests NEG 94
Number of post-schicks and re-tests POS 1
In addition 2,618 prophylactic injections were given at
the various clinics in the district under the control of the
Middlesex County Council.
The total number of children immunised up to the 31st
December 1947 was 9,743 out of an estimated child population
of 16,360 (approx. 60%).