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In addition to the foregoing, information was received concerning twenty-four
patients normally resident in the borough who were notified as suffering from puerperal
pyrexia in other London districts.
No death occurred under this heading.
SCABIES
The number of cases of scabies notified during the year was nineteen, which is
the lowest figure on record.
SCARLET FEVER
The number of cases notified during the year was twenty-seven. There was no
fatal case during the year.
SMALLPOX
No cases were reported in the borough during 1965.
Following upon the new Ships and Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations, 1963, 178
notifications were received during 1965 from port health authorities regarding persons intending
to stay in the borough and who could not produce valid certificates of vaccination.
All were contacted and kept under observation during the period of surveillance (fourteen
days).
The Ministry of Health's memorandum on vaccination against smallpox recommends
that persons liikely to have to deal with cases of smallpox at short notice should be regularly
re-vaccinated at not more than yearly intervals. During the year, thirty-eight members of
the staff of the department were vaccinated or re-vaccinated.
WHOOPING COUGH
Thirty-four cases were notified during the year "two being treated in hospital.
As will be seen under the section dealing with immunisation, there could be a big improvement
in the percentage of babies being immunised. This disease can still be a serious illness
in all young children, especially if suffering from any other debilitating condition.
TUBERCULOSIS
During the year, 139 new cases of tuberculosis were notified, of which 123
were respiratory and 16 non-respiratory; in addition, 76 other cases were reported. The
following table shows the number of cases added to and the number removed from the notification
register during the year
Description
Respiratory
Non-Respiratory
Total
M
F
M
F
On register of notifications on 1st
January, 1965 703 505 57 94 1,359
Notified for the first time during
the year 79 44 9 7 139
Brought to notice other than by
notification 42 28 1 5 76