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DIPHTHERIA
No notification was received during the year. The last two
cases were confirmed in 1955, whilst there have been no deaths for
nineteen years.
Immunisation has played a major part towards the present
excellent position, but it is still necessary to publicise the
efficacy of such a service. Details of services provided during the
year will be found on Page 16.
DYSENTERY
During 1964, 9 notifications were submitted compared with 57
in 1963 and 67 in 1962.
MEASLES
Fifty notifications were received during 1964, as compared with
352 in 1963.
SCARLET FEVER
Five notifications of Scarlet Fever were received during the
year, as compared with 7 in 1963.
WHOOPING COUGH
Eight cases were notified during the year against 24 in 1963.
SMALLPOX
No case of smallpox has been notified 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 thirty-two
contacts who arrived in this country from declared locally infected/
endemic areas and travelled to addresses in the Borough. They were
kept under observation for the surveillance period and remained quite
well.