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(Figures in brackets are notifications for 1965)
Smallpox
Of the twenty-seven references for suspected smallpox and supervision of
possible smallpox contacts, eighteen were arrivals in this country from declared
endemic or locally infected smallpox areas. They were reported to be proceeding to
addresses in Islington, and were not in possession of valid international
certificates of vaccination. In accordance with the regulations which came into
force on the 1st August, 1963, all the arrivals were visited and kept under
surveillance for the required period.
Advice was sought from the medical staff of the department in respect of eight
patients suffering from rashes of a type where it was desirable to exclude smallpox
as a possible cause. These were subsequently diagnosed as follows: four cases
chicken pox; one case ; pityriasis rosea; one case - erythema nodosum; one case
acne and one case where the diagnosis was not specified apart from the fact that it >
was not smallpox.
The remaining reference concerned surveillance of a fifteen-year old girl
temporarily residing in Islington, whose sister was a suspected smallpox case living
in Urmston, Lanes. Subsequently, notification was received that the diagnosis was
not confirmed.
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