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the end of the year. The total number of children immunised in
Wood Green to the end of 1936, was 4,240, and of this number
12 are known to have since contracted diphtheria. In all of these
cases the attack was mild and in no case has the disease terminated
fatally.
Enteric Fever.
Four cases of typhoid and one of para-typhoid fever were
notified. Four cases were admitted to the Joint Isolation Hospital
and the fifth which had been admitted to a general hospital outside
the district was removed to a neighbouring isolation hospital.
In every case recovery occurred. Two of the typhoid cases contracted
the infection whilst on holiday at a south-coast town
where there was a severe outbreak of this disease.
Anterior Poliomyelitis.
Two cases occurred. One was nursed at home and the other
removed to a general hospital. In both cases a good recovery
resulted.
Pneumonia.
Twenty-two notifications of pneumonia were received. All
cases notified were visited by the District Nurse, under an arrangement
made between the Council and the District Nursing Association,
and an offer of nursing assistance made.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
Five cases of puerperal fever were notified, four of them
from a nursing home. In one case unfortunately death occurred,
the patient belonging to another district.
There were fourteen notifications of puerperal pyrexia, one
from a nursing home, and the others from hospitals. In every
case recovery took place.