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they do not contract the disease. Children in large numbers in Great Britain
have been similarly treated and protected against the disease.
The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich have now made
arrangements with medical practitioners to pay the doctor's fee for the protection
of children between the ages of one and twelve years.
The treatment involves three injections, which usually cause no disturbance
to the child ; there is no sore at the point of injection and no scar or mark is left.
The protection does not develop fully until about three or four months after the
three injections. After this time, it will generally last over that period of the
child's life when it is most likely to contract diphtheria, and may indeed last
throughout life.
If any parent or guardian wishes to have his children protected against
diphtheria, or to have any further advice on the matter, he should consult his
own doctor, or, if he has no family doctor, he should consult the Health Visitor
at the nearest Infant Welfare Centre, or visit the Public Health Department at
the Town Hall.
P.S.—Although your child, if protected, is extremely unlikely to contract
diphtheria, it must not be assumed that such a thing is impossible. A very few
cases of diphtheria have occurred amongst immunised children, but it must
be pointed out that such attacks are nearly always slight."
Scarlet Fever.
Notification.—During the year 989 cases were notified, compared with 1,004 in
1933 and 554 in 1932. There were 33 military cases. The number of notifications
received each quarter was as follows:—
First quarter 251 Second quarter 238
Third quarter 210 Fourth quarter 290
Multiple Cases.—The following Table No. 43, shows the house distribution by
wards. The term "house" is synonymous with the term "family" except in two
instances, where two families were involved.