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Two family outbreaks were reported to the Department of Health and Social Security
as required by Memorandum 188/Med.
INFECTIVE JAUNDICE
Notifications of infective jaundice numbered 50 during the year compared with 66
during 1971.
MALARIA
One case of malaria was notified during the year, in a patient who had recently
entered the country from abroad.
MEASLES
Notified cases of measles totalled 578 during 1972. In the previous year 238
notifications were received. Children vaccinated against the disease during the year
numbered 1,551.
ACUTE MENINGITIS
Two notifications were received during the year, compared with eight in 1971.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
No cases were notified during the year.
POLIOMYELITIS
Once again no cases of poliomyelitis occurred in the borough during the year.
Details of vaccination against poliomyelitis will be found on page 57,
SCABIES
Cases of scabies which came to notice during the year totalled 245 compared with
317 in 1971. Patients and contacts were given medicinal baths and their clothing
disinfected at the Council's cleansing station. The number of baths given was 404.
Although scabies ceased to be a notifiable disease on 1st April, 1965, by the
co-operation of the general practitioners and hospitals information is forwarded to
the Health Department of persons suffering from the condition, and arrangements made
for follow-up by home visits to ensure that the patients and their contacts receive
treatment at the Council's cleansing station.
SCARLET FEVER
There were 69 confirmed cases notified, compared with 50 during 1971.
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.
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