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SMALLPOX
No case of smallpox has been notified to this Department as having
occurred in the Borough since 1928, and there have been no deaths from this
disease for over fifty years»
Information was received during the year regarding three contacts who
had travelled to addresses in the Borough They were kept under observation
for the surveillance period and remai2814quite we. 260149
One case of smallpox occurred in a neighbouring borough during the
Christmas period, and this department was asked to keep one contact under
surveillance at his place of employment. He was seen every day, and kept
perfectly well.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA
Puerperal pyrexia means a febrile condition in a woman in whom a
temperature of 100 (3£P Centigrade) or more has occurred within
fourteen days after childbirth or miscarriage,,
Four cases were notified during the year and all occurred in hospital.
Three of the notifications referred to patients residing outside the Borough.
The actual cause in one case was due to urinary tract infection, but in
the three remaining cases the cause was not known.
Two cases were brought to the notice of this Department by other local
authorities? these concerned Chelsea residents whose confinements took place
in hospitals in their areas.
WHOOPING COUGH
Twenty-four cases were notified during the year against 62 in 1960.