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Hendon 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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No case of diphtheria was notified during the year.

The following table shows the number of cases and the deaths from diphtheria since immunisation was introduced on a large scale in1935.

TABLEXI

YearNumber of Cases of DiphtheriaNumber of Deaths from Diphtheria
19351899
1936892
19371217
19381954
19391503
1940703
1941581
1942382
1943312
194417-
1945201
19468-
19478-
194881
19494-
1950--
1951--
1952--
19531-
1954--
1955--
19561-
1957--
1958--
1959--
1960--

The following table, the figures for which I am indebted to the Area Medical
Officer, shows the number of children resident in the Borough of Hendon who received
immunising injections during 1960.
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