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SMALLPOX. Wo cases of smallpox occurred in the
district during 1940.
SCARLET FEVER. Forty-one cases were notified during
1940, as compared with 42 in 1939. The 1940 total
is one of the lowest recorded in Southgate.
DIPHTHERIA. Twenty-one cases of diphtheria were
notified during 1940, as against 6 in 1939 and 26 in
1938. Nineteen cases were removed to the Isolation
Hospital, together with 1 diphtheria "carrier" and
6 suspected cases.
There were no deaths.
IMMUNISATION: (a) against Diphtheria.-
Six hundred and fifty-six persons attended for
immunisation during 1940, at the weekly clinic held
at the Town Hall; or at the school visited during the
year. This compares with a total of 238 for the
previous year. The school selected for immunisation
was Winchmore School, at which 82 children attended.
In addition to the above, Winchmore School was
also visited for the purpose of carrying out re-Schick
tests, following -immun±sation sessions conducted
earlier in the year. 72 children were so tested.
The total attendances for immunisation during
1940 was 2,206 as compared with 1,382 in 1939.
The total for 1940 (656) is the largest number of
immunisations carried out in any one year since the
Clinic was started in 1933, with the exception of the
first year, when an outbreak of diphtheria and other
contributory circumstances resulted in a total of 740
persons attending for immunisation.
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