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In addition to the foregoing, information was received concerning
33 patients normally resident in Kensington, who were notified
as suffering from puerperal pyrexia in other London districts.
No death occurred under this heading.
Pneumonia
There are various forms of pneumonia, but the only types notifiable
are (i) acute primary, and (ii) acute influenzal pneumonia.
During the year 13 notifications were received, 9 being acute primary
pneumonia and 4 being acute influenzal pneumonia.
The number of deaths from pneumonia (all forms) was 105, and
the number of deaths from influenza was 9 during 1963 •
Dysentery
Thirty-six cases of dysentery were notified during 1963, all
of which were bacillary in origin, the majority being due to the Sonne
bacillus. Generally speaking, the cases were of a mild type and there
were no deaths. Eighteen of these patients were treated in hospital.
Erysipelas
Two cases were notified during the year. There were no deaths.
Meningococcal infection
Pour cases of this disease were notified during the year and
were removed to hospital. The death of one child was reported.
Malaria
Three cases of malaria were reported during the year, but
investigations showed that the patients had recently been abroad and
presumably had contracted infection overseas.
Poliomyelitis
One case of acute poliomyelitis (paralytic) was notified and
confirmed during the year; there was no death from this disease during
the year. The figures for the last nine years are as follows:-
Year
Confirmed cases
Deaths
1955 30 Nil
1956 21 Nil
1957 15 1
1958 4 Nil
1959 8 Nil
1960 3 Nil
1961 7 Nil
1962 3 Nil
1963 1 Nil
In view of the wider use of oral ("Sabin") vaccine in poliomyelitis
vaccination programmes, and in the light of a year's experience
of the use of oral vaccine, both in this country and abroad, the Minister
of Health, on the advice of a new Joint Committee of Vaccination and
Immunisation, issued a circular stating that further measures are
desirable.