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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington and Chelsea 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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12 salmonella typhimurium
2 salmonella oranienberg
2 salmonella javiana
1 salmonella blockley
1 salmonella bredeney
30 Clostridium welchii
8 unknown
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Two babies were notified as suffering from this disease during 1966.
Both cases were successfully treated and there was no impairment of sight
Puerperal Pyrexia.
During 1966, the number of cases of this disease notified was
fifty-four, of whom thirty-five were persons normally resident outside
the borough. All cases occurred in hospital.
The following table gives an analysis of the causes of puerperal pyrexia (defined as any febrile condition occurring in a woman in whom a temperature of 100.4 F. or more has occurred within fourteen days after childbirth or miscarriage):-
| Cause | No. of cases |
|---|---|
| Urinary infection | 11 |
| Breast infection | 4 |
| Respiratory infection | 2 |
| Parametritis | 1 |
| Unknown | 36 |
| Total | 54 |
In addition to the foregoing, information was received concerning
twenty-five patients normally resident in this borough who were notified
as suffering from puerperal pyrexia in other London districts.
No deaths occurred.
Scarlet Fever.
The number of cases notified during the year was eighteen. There
were no fatal cases during the year.
Smallpoxo
No cases were reported in the borough during 1966.
Information was received during the year from port authorities of
144 persons intending to stay in the borough and who could not produce
valid certificates of vaccination, after leaving countries which were
declared local infected/endemic areas. Of these, 75 were kept under
observation for the surveillance period and remained quite well.
Eight were found to have moved to other areas and the local medical
officers of health were notified. The staff of the department were
unable to trace the remaining sixty-one persons at the addresses given
by the port authorities.