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For each of the above a fee of 2/6d. is payable by the Local Authority to the medical
practitioner if the case occurs in his private practice, or 1/- if the case occurs in his practice
as medical officer of a public body or institution.
Notifications
During the year 192 cases of infectious disease were notified, of which 33 were removed
to hospital. These are tabulated in the age groups (see Table No. 6, page 22). Comparative figures of infectious disease for the years 1934-1963 are also shown (see Table No. 7,
pages 24 and 25).
No cases of Diphtheria, Erysipelas, Malaria, Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Poliomyelitis,
Puerperal Pyrexia or Smallpox were notified during the year.
Dysentery
Seven cases were notified and three of them were removed to hospital.
Enteric Fever
One case of enteric fever was notified. The patient, a nurse at a hospital in the
Borough, had been on holiday to Zermatt in Switzerland at the time an outbreak had
occurred there. She was removed to an infectious disease hospital, and patients in the
ward where she had worked were kept under surveillance. Medical Officers of Health
of areas to which patients from her ward had been discharged were also notified and those
patients too were kept under surveillance.
Encephalitis (Acute)
One case of post infectious encephalitis following primary vaccination was notified
and was removed to hospital. The patient, a member of an Australian Rugby League
team touring this country had been vaccinated in Australia just prior to leaving by plane.
Food Poisoning
Two cases were notified from a hospital in the Borough. Neither were Holborn
residents.
Meningococcal Infection
Three cases were notified and were removed to hospital.