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The parents of children under two years who have received
a course of immunisation injections are advised that in order that
the child should remain protected against diphtheria during the
susceptible years, another injection should be given just before
entry to school at five years of age. Such a reinforcing dose was
given to &8 children.
The various methods by which the public is kept aware of
the importance of immunisation against this fatal disease were
repeated throughout the year, and it is safe to say there can be
no reason for any family having neglected to consider the value
of diphtheria immunisation.
Vaccination against Small-pox.
Dr. Dyson, Public Vaccinator, continued to attend the Clinics
to vaccinate infants. Number of infants vaccinated at Health
Clinics: 410.
Small-pox at Mount Vernon Hospital, March-April.
In connection with this occurrence, 44 contacts were referred
for supervision in Wembley —
Number of visits made to contacts 170
Number of inspections of contacts at Public
Health Offices 20
In appropriate cases vaccination was advised, and all accepted
this. In one contact case request was made to the Ministry of
Health for a Specialist Medical Officer to visit, when the opinion
that the case might be incubating small-pox was confirmed. The
person was kept under observation, with all precautions being
taken, and in a few days' time it was able to be said definitely
that the case was not small-pox. In another case a patient in
Wembley Hospital, a Medical Officer from the Ministry of Health
confirmed the opinion that the woman was not suffering from
any notifiable infectious disease, but from an acute skin condition
(erythema multiforme). During the outbreak five other cases
of doubt were seen by the Medical Officer of Health at the request
of the Family Practitioner. None of them was considered
a case of small-pox.
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