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Scarlet Fever.
The incidence of scarlet fever was very much greater during
1933 than during the previous year, the number of cases notified in
1933 being 192, as compared with 110 in 1932. 176 of these cases
were removed to hospital. The disease generally was of a mild
type, and for the second year in succession no deaths occurred from
scarlet fever.
Diphtheria.
24 notifications of diphtheria were received as compared with
34 in the previous year. 23 of these cases were removed to the
Joint Isolation Hospital, where in one case the diagnosis was not
confirmed. All these cases recovered. Two other cases of diphtheria
belonging to Wood Green were admitted to hospitals outside
the district, and of these, one, unfortunately, died after operation
for laryngeal obstruction.
Immunisation against diphtheria has been carried on steadily
throughout the year, for the most part among the children attending
the infant departments of the elementary schools. An increasing
number of children under school age have also been immunised.
The total number of children who had received a full course of
protective injections by the end of 1933 had almost reached 2,000,
and of these, over 1,500 had been subsequently Schick-tested and
found immune five months after the course of injections had been
completed. Of this number not one had since contracted diphtheria.
Smallpox, Enteric Fever, Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
No cases of any of these diseases occurred in the district during
the year.
Anterior Poliomyelitis.
One case of this disease occurred in a child of 4 years. The
child was removed to hospital where he made a slow recovery.