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Pneumonia.
Only the acute influenzal and acute primary forms of
pneumonia are notifiable. There were 18 notifications of acute
influenzal and 68 of acute primary pneumonia received. Pneumonia
(all forms) was responsible for 101 deaths during the
year.
Scabies.
In August, 1943, scabies became compulsorily notifiable
in London and the following table shows the number of notifications
of this disease received annually since that year:—
Year. No. of Notifications.
1944 617
1945 716
1946 534
1947 242
1948 111
As scabies is a household disease all cases are visited at
home. Any person suffering from this affliction can be treated
at the Council's Cleansing Station at Peckham Park Road.
The facilities of this service are also placed at the disposal of
the London County Council for the treatment of schoolchildren.
The following table shows the number of attendances
made during the year:—

Smallpox and Vaccination.
There was no case of smallpox notified during the year.
Contacts of cases of this disease arriving in the Borough from
abroad were kept under observation.
On July 5th, 1948, the vaccination of infants ceased to
be obligatory by law. For many years there has been a waning
resort to vaccination, probably due in the present generation
to the lack of experience of malignant smallpox and a fear of
vaccination causing ill effects such as post-vaccinal encephalitis.
Adequate facilities for those desirous of being vaccinated
have been provided by the London County Council. It is