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Council whereby cases of Puerperal Pyrexia might
be admitted to the London County Council's
North Western Hospital.
Whooping cough and measles became notifiable
as from 23rd October, 1939• For some imperfectly
understood reason the expected bi-annual epidemic of
measles has not yet occurred. There was, however,
at the beginning of 1940 some rise in the incidence
of influenza and an unusually large epidemic of
rubella (german measles) while, too, cerebro-spinal
fever has made its appearance in the country.
Wembley, however, has continued to escape lightly
from this disease.
The monthly bulletin regarding infectious
diseases, notifiable and non-notifiable, has
continued to be circulated amongst the medical
practitioners in the area and has served a useful
purpose.
Diphtheria Immunisation continues to be very
poorly accepted, no more poorly, it is true, than
in the rest of the London area, but this sure
weapon of preventive medicine against one of the
killing diseases of children is still but scarcely
used in this country.
The Infectious Diseases hospital of the Acton
and Wembley Joint Committee has now to await being
modernised according to plans which had just been
accepted on the outbreak of war.
Maternity and Child Welfare: The war must take
responsibility for the abrupt interruption of the
Council's considered plan of permanent clinic
buildings. At the beginning of September the
College Pioad clinic had just been commenced and
now, after 12 months, is still unfinished. There
has been no further progress in the Church Lane
clinic and the central clinic in London Road.
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