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POLIOMYELITIS:
There were no confirmed cases during 1962. Three adults were admitted
to hospital as suspected cases, but the diagnosis was not confirmed.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA:
There was one notified case in the Borough. She was admitted to
hospital and made a good recovery. Another resident of the Borough develeoped
Puerperal Pyrexia while in hospital. This patient also recovered.
RUBELLA:
There were 54 known cases, none of which was severe and there were
no complications. As far as could be ascertained no case came into contact
with any woman in early pregnancy.
SCABIES:
19 cases were notified during the year.
SCARLET FEVER:
17 cases were notified, all of which were mild. Only 7 cases were
removed to hospital and 1 case was complicated by cervical adenitis.
All made a full recovery.
SMALLPOX:
Although there were no cases of smallpox in Finsbury in 1962, 9
contacts entered the Borough during the year. The majority of these
contacts were Pakistanis, 4 of whom entered this country by air, while
the other five had been passengers on ships bound for London from abroad
in which cases of Smallpox had occurred during the voyage. With one
exception, all the contacts had been vaccinated recently and this unvaccinated
person was subsequently successfully vaccinated. All contacts
were kept under supervision and no cases occurred.
VACCINE FEVER:
There were 3 severe cases, 1 adult and 2 children aged 3 and 11
both of whom were removed to hospital. All three cases made satisfactory
progress and encephalitis did not occur.
WHOOPING COUGH:
16 cases occurred, 15 of which were notified. In 6 instances, the
infection was moderately severe while in the remaining 10 it was relatively
mild. 2 patients were removed to hospital. No complications
occurred and there were no deaths.
PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS:
Two unrelated cases occurred one of which was an adult and the other