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of vaccine it is to be hoped that full advantage will be taken by all
classes of the population eligible to receive it, so that this disease may
stay permanently out of the list.
The 15-25 years of age group became eligible towards the end of the
year but the demand for registration has been extremely poor. This group
is not so easy of access as the younger people who are still at school.
They are getting out into the world, beyond parental control and enjoying
their new freedoms, believing possibly that they had left behind such
childish things as "infantile" paralysis which is of course far from the
truth. With a fair proportion of school age children now vaccinated the
age incidence of poliomyelitis is likely to move upwards.
Registration cards for polio vaccination may be obtained from the Vale
Drive Clinic or from the Public Health Department, 31 Wood Street, Barnet.

Fourteen new cases were notified during the year, the same as last year,
making a total of two hundred and eleven cases on the Tuberculosis Register.
Although the numbers are comparatively small upon which to base any theories