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INFECTIVE DISEASES 19
Malaria
One case was reported. It was a recurrent case.
Erysipelas
Thirty-nine cases were notified.
Other Infective Diseases
Eighteen deaths occurred from syphilis.
Scabies
Fifteen notifications were received.
The arrangement made in 1955 with the Battersea Borough
Council whereby the cleansing of women residents (and children
under school age) of Wandsworth was undertaken by the Battersea
Cleansing Station, continued to operate during 1958. A fee of 5s. Od.
per treatment is paid by Wandsworth to Battersea for this service.
A total of 121 treatments was given during the year at the Battersea
Cleansing Station.
At the Council's Disinfecting Station, 32 treatments were given.
Food Poisoning
Two hundred and thirty-two formal notifications were received
during the year. One hundred and forty-four were single unrelated
cases and 88 comprised 31 minor family outbreaks involving two or
more persons.
Most of the single cases were only slightly affected and where
bacteriological examination was carried out, organisms likely to
have caused the illness were discovered in 11 cases only. The
organisms found were Salmonellae typhimurium, montevideo,
heidelberg and Saint Paul.
It was not possible to identify the causative agent in 27 of the
minor outbreaks.
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In two of the remaining four, Salmonella newport was isolated
and in the other two Salmonellae typhimurium and heidelberg
respectively.