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be contributory to the high Puerperal Pyrexia rate for the
Borough
Of the 151 cases notified 49 only were Hendon residents.
If this figure is taken the notification rate per 1,000
total (live and still) births is 23 42 This figure approximates
to that for the London Administrative County which
is 28 61 per 1.000 total births and that for 160 County
Boroughs and Great Towns which is 24.33 per 1,000 total
births.
Diphtheria.
During the year one case of Diphtheria was notified.
This was the first case to be notified in the Borough since
1949. The Patient, a boy aged 14 years, had been successfully
immunised against Diphtheria in 1941 and had received
a reinforcing Injection in 1947 Prior to his admission to
hospital he had been on holiday in Penzance The boy reovered
from the attack. The following table shows the number
of notifications received since the inception of the
Diphtheria Immunisation Scheme in 1935

Of these the diagnosis was confirmed in 8 cases in 1946,
8 cases in 1947 and 4 cases in 1949.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
The following tables, the figures for which have been
supplied by the Area Office of the Middlesex County
Council, show the position of Immunisation in the Borough
of Hendon at 31st December, 1953.
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