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It is hoped that the campaign which the London County Council is conducting
among school children and others for B C. G inoculations will, in
due course, result in a considerable decrease in the incidence of this
disease, and at a later date relegate the disease to the same level as
scarlet fever and diptheria
The number of deaths from tuberculosis was 9 as compared with 17 in
the previous year. This is also the lowest figure ever recorded.
Poliomyelitis.
I regret to report an increase in the number of cases of this disease
compared with the previous year.
There were eleven confirmed cases all of the paralytic type but none
proved fatal.
During the year 10,438 children were vaccinated in Division 1, either
at Clinics or by the family doctors.
Food Poisoning.
49 cases of food poisoning occurred during the year compared with 28
cases in 1956.
Salmonella typhi murium was identified in six cases, salmonella anatum
in two cases, but in the remaining cases no causa organism was recovered.
There were no serious outbreaks during the year but foods alleged to
have been responsible for the patients' condition included corned beef,
cooked ham tinned fish, fishcakes, liver, cockles, Jellied veal, pork
luncheon meat, pork & veal sausage, fish, chicken roll, cornish pastie,
beef and tinned peas
Dysentery.
There were 137 cases of Dysentery notified compared with 138 in 1956.
There was another outbreak in the London County Council's Day Nursery
at Uxbridge Road.
The clinical exclusion method of control failed to stop new cases
appearing Bacteriological control was therefore used and was successful
The outbreak lasted five weeks
Malaria.
There were four cases notified during the year and in each Instance
it was found that these were recurrences of cases which had been contracted
abroad.
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