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also two-thirds of the notifications were accounted for by measles
408 cases, and whooping cough 174 cases. In neither of these diseases
was the infection of a very severe type, and no deaths were reported.
There were 69 cases of scarlet fever notified, 42 of whom were
admitted to hospital. There were no deaths from this disease. For
the first time on record, no cases of diphtheria occurred in the
Borough, and for the ninth year in succession there were no deaths
from this disease.
Anterior Poliomyelitis.—Although 1948 was not an epidemic
year so far as this disease is concerned, five cases occurred in Wood
Green in the months of June, July and August, as compared with
two in the previous year when the disease was much more prevalent
throughout the country. In one case—a young woman of 24 years—
death occurred in an Isolation Hospital to which she had been
removed from a general hospital. In the four remaining cases
recovery took place completely in one case, and in two with some
residual paralysis for which they are still under treatment at the
Orthopaedic Clinic, while the fourth is still under treatment in
hospital.
Tuberculosis.—74 new cases of tuberculosis were notified, 65
pulmonary and 9 non-pulmonary, an increase of 12 over the previous
year, when there were 62 cases, 52 pulmonary and 10 non-pulmonary.
Death from pulmonary tuberculosis occurred in 21 cases, 13
male and 8 female, and from non-pulmonary tuberculosis in 5 cases,
2 male and 3 female.
The death rate from tuberculosis of all forms was 0.49 per 1,000
of population, as compared with 0.42 for the previous year.
From the information given in Table V it will be seen that the
heaviest incidence of new cases was in the ages from fifteen to
forty-five, and among females it was particularly high between
fifteen and thirty-five.
By arrangement with the North-West Metropolitan Regional
Hospital Board, one of the Board's Mass X-ray Units functioned
at the Alexandra Palace from October 26th to November 8th. The