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(c) Prophylaxis against Typhoid-Paratyphoid Fevers.
As recommended by the Ministry of Health, arrangements were
made at the beginning of 1941 for the immunisation against
organisms of the Typhoid Group of those members of the A.R.P. and
Police Services who wished to avail themselves of this treatment, and,
altogether, 311 personnel were given a first injection of 0.2 c.c. of
T.A.B.C. Vaccine, and 286 of these were given a second injection,
after an interval of four weeks, of 0.5 c.c. As with the material for
Diphtheria Immunisation, so also was this Vaccine provided free of
cost by the Emergency Laboratory Service.
(ii) Non-Notifiable Diseases.
The relative prevalence of these is set out below:—
Table 5.
Rubella 38 cases
Chickenpox 220 „
5.—SUPPLEMENTARY.
Air Raid Precautions.
During the earlier part of the year, the Casualty Services were
again in action, and, as previously, carried out their duties in a
manner which brought forth congratulations from all quarters.
Once more I take this opportunity of expressing my thanks
to the members of the staff of the Public Health Department, who,
in conjunction with those in other Departments, have given so much
of their own time to duties in the Report Centre, and elsewhere.