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follow-up by home visits to ensure that the patients and their contacts receive treatment at
the Council's cleansing stations.
SCARLET FEVER
There were 91 confirmed cases notified, 4 less than in 1966.
SMALLPOX
No cases of smallpox were notified during the year although the advice of the Medical
Officer of Health was sought by general practitioners in some instances where the disease was
suspected.
Notifications are occasionally received from port and airport authorities of persons
coming into the borough who may have been in contact with smallpox. Observation is kept on
such persons by officers of the Health Department for the necessary period.
The number of children under 15 years successfully vaccinated or revaccinated against
smallpox at the Council's clinics during the year was 1,730.
WHOOPING COUGH
Cases notified during the year numbered 89, compared with 127 during 1966. Statistics
relating to immunisation are on page 97.
TUBERCULOSIS
The number of primary notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis received during the year
was 102, giving a notification rate of 0.51 per 1,000 population compared with 0.53 last year.
Non-pulmonary cases notified numbered 13. The mortality rate for pulmonary tuberculosis wa3
8.1 per 100,000 population compared with 10.8 last year.
The number of cases on the register fell during the year by 49 comprising 42 pulmonary
and 7 non-pulmonary cases.
Statistical data relating to new cases, deaths and variations in the register will be
found on page 98.
Muss Radiography
Chest X-ray by mass miniature radiography is carried out in the borough by two mobile
units of the North-East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. Unit 6A, whose headquarters are
at the Connaught Hospital, Walthamstow, covers mainly the Stepney area of the borough whilst
Unit 6B, sited at First Avenue, Plaistow, is responsible for the Bethnal Green and Poplar
areas.
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