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of injections are given. The treatment is free of charge and the
injections are given by the family practitioner or by the medical
officers of the department, according to the wishes of the parents.
It is hoped that the scheme will prove successful and that, in due
course, Whooping Cough will become as rare a condition as
Diphtheria is today. This latter result has been in no small measure
achieved by our scheme of immunisation, which was introduced
into Romford in 1935.
Since the beginning of April 749 children have been immunised.
(ii) Non-Notifiable.
Relatively few of the infectious diseases come under this category.
The prevalence of these is set out below, and the figures are
compiled from the school returns. It will be appreciated, however,
that being non-notifiable the number of cases occurring amongst
those who are either below or above school age is unknown, and
we can only judge from those of school age whether or not an
epidemic exists.

6.—SUPPLEMENTARY.
(i) Section 47, National Assistance Act, 1948.
It was not found necessary to take any action daring the year
under this Section of the National Assistance Act. Some investigations
were, however, made but it was possible, by other means, to
get a satisfactory solution.