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profession, a short film for the general public, entitled Johnny
Green in his Fighting Chance," was shown in public cinemas in
August.
The apparent ineffectiveness of the public health measures
to control the spread of this disease is due, to a large extent, to
the fact that for every case diagnosed as Poliomyelitis there
are many cases of abortive infection capable of spreading the
disease which remain undiscovered.
As long as cases occur, sensible precautions should be taken.
Included among these are special attention to personal hygiene,
the avoidance of over-fatigue and the isolation and medical
supervision, at home or in hospital, of children who develop
minor illness until a diagnosis of the ailment can be made.
Smallpox.
No case of this disease occurred in the Borough during the
year, but from time to time information was received from other
authorities of contacts who were residing or staying in Camberwell.
These persons were kept under daily surveillance by the
Sanitary Inspectors until any danger of smallpox developing
had passed.
Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever.
There were no cases of typhoid fever notified in 1949.
Four notifications of paratyphoid were received however, two
of which were subsequently found not to be suffering from the
disease.
Dysentery.
There were 12 cases of dysentery notified but in 3 instances
the preliminary diagnosis was not confirmed. There were no
deaths from this disease.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
Nine notifications were received of persons suffering from
cerebro-spinal meningitis, only four of which were confirmed.
There was one death.
Malaria.
Only one notification of malaria was received, the patient
having contracted the disease abroad.