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The fact that many of them are not ill, and move freely in the
community, makes the problem most difficult. X-Ray examination
of all men of this age would be a vital factor in hastening
the end of the tuberculosis epidemic which, like most epidemics,
seems to be drawing to a close as a result of prolonged preventive
action and through the agency of natural causes.
Smallpox.
Vaccination against smallpox has been well established
in this country for many years. Whilst eases of this disease
rarely occur in England, the risk of its introduction from abroad
has been intensified by modern rapid methods of travel, and there
must not therefore, be any relaxation in the provision of protection.
The number of persons vaccinated in Camberwell
during 1955 is set out below.
Vaccinated during the year Under
(age at date of vaccination) 1 1-4 5-14 15+ Total
Primary:—
At clinics and day nurseries 602 96 51 16 765
By G.P.'s 363 63 51 31 508
Re-vaccination0: —
At clinics and day nurseries — 1 5 39 45
By G.P.'s 1 2 19 87 109
FOOD POISONING.
In spite of the efforts made by local authorities to promote
"clean food," the incidence of food poisoning is still increasing.
In Camberwell during 1955, 51 notifications of this disease
were received. Most of these were single cases, but there were
six small outbreaks involving 14 persons. One of these occurred
in a hospital where three persons were affected in one ward.
Although the causative agent was found to be one of the Salmonella
organisms, all efforts to discover the means by which
the infection was carried to the patients were unsuccessful.
A copy of the Annual Return of Food Poisoning Notifications
which is required to be forwarded to the Ministry of Health
every year appears on page 46.