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667 children completed full courses of primary immunisation
and 640 received re-inforcing injections against
diphtheria.
Whooping Cough
The number of cases notified was six, as compared with
sixteen for the previous year. Due to the complications that
can accrue from this infection it is essential that children are
protected by immunisation as early as possible in their life.
589 children received full courses of primary immunisation
and 382 received re-inforcing injections against the
disease.
Acute Poliomyelitis
One case of non-paralytic poliomyelitis occurred during
the year.
Vaccination against the disease was undertaken by the
local general practitioners and also by the Middlesex County
Council at their three clinics in the area.
The age limit of the scheme was raised during the year
to include all persons up to 26 years, all expectant mothers
and certain people in priority groups. I am advised by the Area
Medical Officer that 6,750 in the above groups have now completed
a full course of vaccination and these, with the 1,976
children vaccinated during 1956 and 1957, make a total of
8,726 who have been protected against the disease.
Poliovirus Survey in Normal Children
In conjunction with the other Sanitary districts in
Middlesex, this district co-operated with the Central Public
Health Laboratory at Colindale in carrying out a survey to
get an indication of the proportion of normal children carrying
poliomyelitis virus and to relate the carrier rate to the
number of notified cases. Your Public Health Inspectors
collected 86 specimens from children under five years of age
in this district.
Small Pox Vaccination
Number of primary vaccinations 552
Number of re-vaccinations 58
Food Poisoning
Eighteen unrelated cases of food poisoning were notified
during the year. Investigations were made in all cases and
seven other cases were ascertained. In spite of these full
investigations it was not possible to ascertain any specific
source of infection in any of the cases.