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VACCINATIONS.
Vaccination against smallpox is not now compulsory, the
Vaccination Acts 1867 to 1907 having been repealed by the
National Health Service Act, 1946.
As with diphtheria immunisation all medical practitioners
providing general medical services in the area are given an
0DD0rtunitv to provide services for carrvine out vaccinations.

Of the above five hundred and sixteen were vaccinated or
revaccinated by private practitioners.
Three hundred and thirty-seven of the persons vaccinated
were under one year of age.
ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS.
The one case which occurred during the year was of the
paralytic type. The patient, a young student, had been on a
cycling tour in Brittany where he was taken ill. Prior to going
abroad he had lived in the north country and only came to this
district as his parents were staying here. He was critically ill
for some time but recovered from the acute stage, suffering later
from resultant paralysis for which he was treated at an Orthopaedic
hospital in Shropshire.
MEASLES.
The number of cases of Measles notified (807) was a high
record. The epidemic really commenced towards the end of 1950
and continued unabated for the first six months of 1951. Notifications
during the second half of the year were far less numerous.
Eleven cases were removed to hospital. One death occurred,
the first since 1947. During the period 1947-1951 two thousand
one hundred and seven cases of Measles were notified, giving a
case death rate of 0.94 per thousand. Prophylactic serum for
contacts etc., was supplied to all doctors who made application.
WHOOPING COUGH.
The number of cases of whooping cough notified was 206.
Seven cases were removed to hospital. No deaths occurred.