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might be practically abolished (August, 1942).
Parents are advised to consider seriously
having their children immunised when about
10 or 11 months of age. Up to the end of
June, 1942, just over 2,500 Wembley children
under 5 years of age and just over 5,500 children
between the ages of 5 and 15 years had been
protected. In May 107, in June 108 and in
July 101 children under 5 years of age were
treated, and of the children between 5 and 15
years in May 74, in June 94 and in July 76 were
treated. These numbers are still not big enough.
The Public Health Committee has consistently made
every endeavour to bring before the public the
fact that this safe and easy treatment is
available from the family doctor or free at the
Health Clinics, and while it may truly be stated
that in Wembley the position is as satisfactory
as in most of the Middlesex Local Authorities
it is still short of the desideratum that at
least 75% of the child population be protected
for the incidence of diphtheria to be reduced
at all comparably to what has been effected in
Canada and in the United States of America.
Measles.
Number of Notifications 1,750
Number Admitted to Hospital 23
Number of Deaths 2
According to pre-war experience, it was
expected that 1940 would be a melsles year but
not till the last week of November, 1940, was
the number of cases 21, and the typical
epidemic peak of 219 cases in a week was reached
in February, 1941.
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The epidemic continued
until the end of April (5 months epidemic
period).