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NOTIFICATIONS OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS
A true comparison cannot be made with the year 1964 in that the figures for
1965 refer to the area of the enlarged London Borough of Lambeth and not that
of the old Metropolitan Borough.
The number of notifications received during the year in respect of the
London Borough was 4199. Of this number 3578 notifications were in respect of
measles. It is to be expected therefore that the incidence of this disease may
be less in 1966. No case of diphtheria or poliomeyelitis occurred during the year.
Food Poisoning
Thirty four notifications were received. In all instances the cause was
unknown. The cases were sporadic and there were no general or family outbreaks.
Typhoid Fever
At the end of August notification was received from a hospital that a man
aged 56 years, a resident of the Borough, had been diagnosed as suffering from
typhoid fever. He had been admitted to hospital a few days earlier having been
ill for a week. Ten days before the onset of his illness he had returned from a
fortnight's holiday in Spain with his wife, daughter, son-in-law and grandchild.
They had been a family party and not members of a larger group. All these contacts
were investigated but the organism of typhoid was not isolated from any specimens
obtained from them.
SALMONELLA INFECTIONS NOT FOOD BORNE
In addition to the notified cases the following Salmonella infections were
brought to the notice of the Health Department.