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The disease was of a mild form and 105 of the cases were
removed to hospital. The greatest incidence occurred in the age
group 5—9 years, 139 cases being notified in this group.
Measles.
There was a considerable reduction in the number of cases of
Measles notified during the year, 867 cases occurring compared with
1,618 cases in 1951.
Of the 867 cases, 621 were notified in the last quarter of the
year. This would appear to indicate that the incidence of this
disease is likely to be very much higher in 1953 than in 1952.
Whooping Cough.
This disease also showed a reduction on the 1951 figure. 508
cases were notified compared with 604 last year.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
There was an increase in the number of cases of Puerperal
Pyrexia notified during the year, 138 compared with 106 in 1951
and 53 in 1950.
The year 1952 was the first full year following the coming into
operation of The Puerperal Pyrexia Regulations, 1951, and this, plus
the fact that there is a Maternity Hospital situated in the area which
provides, not only accommodation for the Borough of Hendon, but
also for the surrounding districts, would appear to account for the
increase in the notifications.
Of the 138 cases notified 54 were resident in the Borough of
Hendon.
In the remaining 84 cases the condition occurred in women
normally resident in outside districts who had entered the hospital for
their confinement.
Diphtheria.
In the Borough of Hendon during the three years 1937, 1938,
and 1939, 466 children contracted Diphtheria and 14 children died.
In the three years 1950, 1951 and 1952; no child in the Borough
contracted this disease. The reason for this dramatic change is that
in the intervening years over 30,000 children were protected by
immunisation.
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