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PUERPERAL PYREXIA:
One case was notified in 1956; 22 in 1957; 7 in 1958; 1 in 1959.
In 1960 there were 7 cases notified of Finsbury residents in various
hospitals, and 4 cases within the Borough. The cases were investigated
by the Officers of the London County Council, and none were serious.
RUBELLA:
A number of cases have been reported each year, the highest number
being 45 in 1957 and in 1960 there were 15 cases so reported. Enquiries
are made in connection with each case to ascertain whether any contact
with any women in early pregnancy was likely to occur, and if so to
endeavour to prevent it.
SCABIES:
The incidence of Scabies has continued at a low level, and has
not been of any concern, and in 1960 25 cases were notified.
SCARLET FEVER:
The incidence of this disease has continued unchanged. Each year
there have been between 25 and 70 cases notified, but few have shown
any degree of severity. About half of these cases have usually been
treated in hospital. In 1960 there were 46 cases, with 19 treated in
hospital; one of these developed cervical adenitis and recovery was
complete in this and other cases.
SMALLPOX:
There were no cases of Smallpox during the 5 year period. In
1957 eleven contacts of a possible case in another area, and in 1960
two contacts of a modified case, also from another area, were kept
under observations for the appropriate period All such persons had
been vaccinated.
TUBERCULOSIS:
The past five years have shown a further fall in the number of
notifications of and deaths from Tuberculosis, but they still remain
slightly above National rates. This may not however, necessarily
reflect a higher incidence in the Borough than elsewhere
In regard to notifications, the rate depends on the criteria
adopted in diagnosis, and as regards deaths by the allocation to the
area of cases which had not developed the disease here and may not
have lived for more than a very short time in the Borough.
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