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Notifications of Scabies again decreased. Twenty-eight cases
were notified in 1950 as compared with an average of 336 for the
five-year period 1945/49.
Thirteen cases of Polio-myelitis and 1 case of Polio-encephalitis
were notified during 1950. Of these 14 cases, 6 Polio-myelitis and
1 Polio-encephalitis were subsequently cancelled, the diagnosis not
being confirmed, leaving 7 confirmed cases of Polio-myelitis (5 paralytic and 2 non-paralytic).
Of these 7 confirmed cases, 6 occurred in children under 10 years
of age, of which one was severely paralysed, one had slight paralysis,
and the remaining four, together with the adult, showed no evidence
of paralysis.
In addition to the above-mentioned 14 notified cases, 5 further
cases of suspected Polio-myelitis were removed to hospital, but were
found not to be suffering from this disease.
In comparison with previous years, there were 30 (including
2 cases of Polio-encephalitis) confirmed cases in 1949, 5 in 1948 and
23 in 1947.
The case rates per 1,000 of the population for these diseases in
the Borough during 1950 were 0.04 (paralytic) and 0.02 (nonparalytic)
which compare favourably with rates of 0.13 (paralytic)
and 0-05 (non-paralytic) for England and Wales.
Diphtheria and Whooping Cough Immunisation,
Smallpox Vaccination.
Diphtheria and Whooping Cough immunisation, and vaccination
against Smallpox were carried out throughout the year at Southlands,
under the control of the London County Council.
I am indebted to Dr. Bertha E. A. Sharpe, Divisional Medical
Officer, No. 9 Division, who supplied the following information
relating to Battersea cases : —