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PARATYPHOID FEVER
Two cases were notified during the year.
One case occurred in a school girl who was taken ill in February 1968 and
was found to be excreting Salmonella paratyphi B. Investigations were carried
out but the source of infection remained obscure. All contacts were negative and
no further cases occurred.
The second case was a man who had returned from holiday in Beirut. He was
resident outside the district but was admitted to hospital in Lambeth where the
disease was confirmed. The organism isolated was Salmonella paratyphi B.
The Medical Officer of Health of the district in which the patient was resident
was informed and the necessary investigations and precautions carried out.
Unfortunately the patient died. There is little doubt that the infection was
contracted whilst the man was on holiday abroad.
ERYSIPELAS
This disease ceased to be notifiable after 30th September, 1968 but two
cases were notified in the first nine months of the year.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA
Under the provisions of the Health Services and Public Health Act, 1968 and
The Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1968, Puerperal Pyrexia
ceased to be notifiable after 30th September, 1968. From 1st January to 30th
September 47 cases were notified in the Borough of Lambeth.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
One case only was notified during the year, compared with 6 in 1967.
INFECTIVE JAUNDICE
This disease became notifiable on 15th June 1968 under the Public Health
(Infective Jaundice) Regulations 1968.
Fifty cases were notified during the remainder of the year.
FOOD POISONING
Fifty three notifications were received during the year and eleven cases
were brought to the notice of the Health department other than by formal
notification. Fifty six were sporadic cases and the remaining 8 occurred in 3
families.