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Inoculation against poliomyelitis was continued during the year and 2,584
persons were given two injections of vaccine During the year third injections were
given to 2, 047 persons
TYPHOID FEVER No case of typhoid fever was notified during the year.
PARATYPHOID FEVER No notification was received during the year
DYSENTERY. This disease shows great variations in prevalence from year to year
and from place to place. During the year only 14 cases were notified.
The infection in all cases but one was of the Sonne type and the illness was
mild in practically every case The source of infection in the one Flexner type case
was not traced The mildness of the illness is such that medical advice is not always
sought, and unless the disease is kept constantly in mind cases are likely to be
missed.
TUBERCULOSIS. During the year 46 notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis, and
9 notifications of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were received Persons continue to be
certified as dying from tuberculosis who have not been notified during life, but it
is hoped that with the improved facilities for diagnosis and treatment now available,
any reluctance to seek investigation and treatment will disappear

A permanent mass X-ray unit has been established at west Middlesex Hospital and
is open to the public without appointment During the year 804 children were inoculated
with B C G vaccine as a protection against tuberculosis
OPHTHAU1IA NEONATORUM No case was notified during the year
PUERPERAL FYREXIA During the year 122 cases were notified as compared with
90 cases in 1960 No woman died from puerperal or post-abortion sepsis and none of
the infections was severe All the cases except one arose in hospital
MEASLES This was a year of measles prevalence and 1 437 cases were notified
as compared with 30 in 1960
WHOOPING COUGH There were 14 cases of whooping cough notified as compared
ffith 199 cases in 1960 Facilities for immunisation against this disease are available,
and 407 babies were inoculated The condition is most fatal in young babies and
protection should be provided before the child is six months old. There is evidence
that the protection if not complete does mitigate the severity of the attack
MALARIA One case of malaria was notified during the year and the patient had
recently returned from overseas
INFLUENZA Influenza caused 7 deaths as compared with 2 deaths in 1960
MUMPS CHICKEN POX GERMAN MEASLES These diseases are not notifiable, but
cases are brought to the notice of the Department through schools, health visitors,
etc During the year the following cases were recorded - Mumps 275. Chicken Pox 82
German Measles 24
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