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cases, April—6 cases, May—8 cases, June—No cases, July—5
cases, August—2 cases, September—3 cases, October—14 cases,
November—11 cases, December—9 cases. Total—72 cases.
This freedom, however, cannot be expected always to
remain, and in such a quiet period the value of active immunisation
against diphtheria must not be forgotten. The Council's
immunisation scheme provides for immunisation treatment to
be carried out by the family doctor. An analysis of cases
immunised since the beginning of the scheme is as follows:—

These numbers are small, and in particular the number of
children treated under 5 years of age is very low. At the time
of writing certain changes have been made in the Council’s
immunisation scheme:—
(1) For members of families wit'-jii the economic scale of
the National Health Insurance Acts, the Borough Council will
pay to the family medical practitioner carrying out a course of
immunisation-treatment against diphtheria—10/- per person so
treated. For a post-Schick test there will be paid, in addition,
3/6d. per patient tested; and with regard to persons over eight
years of age, for a pre-Schick test there will also be paid3/6d.
per person tested.
(2) A course of immunisation-treatment shall consist ofeither
(a)—a first dose of 0.2 c.c. Alum Precipitated Toxoid,
followed in not less than two weeks, and not more than
three weeks, by a second dose of 0.5 c.c. Alum
Precipitated Toxoid;
or (b)—three doses, each of 1 c.c., at fortnightly intervals
of Toxoid Anti-Toxin Floccules;
or (c)—three doses, each of 1 c.c., at fortnightly intervals
of Toxoid Anti-Toxin Mixture.
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