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Hendon 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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10 infected rooms were cleansed by stripping of wallpapers
from walls and washing of ceilings ; 9 as the result
of informal notices and 1 in compliance with a notice
served under the Infectious Disease Prevention Act, 1890.
The disinfection of bedding, etc., was done at the
Disinfection Station by steam in a "Thresh" apparatus.
525 Library Books were collected from infected
houses, 58 were destroyed and 467 disinfected and returned
to houses or libraries from which issued.
VACCINATION.
The Vaccination Acts are administered by the Middlesex
County Council, and I am indebted to Mr. A. E. Taylor, the
Vaccination Officer, for the table of vaccination which
follows
TABLE XX.
| Number of births registered (1935) | 1568 |
| Successfully vaccinated | 819 |
| Insusceptible of vaccination | 8 |
| Exemptions | 398 |
| Dead, unvaccinated | 65 |
| Postponements by Medical Certificates | 18 |
| Removed to other districts, and cases not found | 229 |
| Number of births unaccounted for | 31 |
| Number at all ages vaccinated during the year (Primary) | |
| Born within district | 768 |
| Born out of district | 243 |
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Arrangements have been made with the London County
Council for the admission of children suffering from this
disease to be admitted to St. Margaret's Hospital, where the
severity of the symptoms render hospital treatment a
necessity.