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18 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1964
Deaths attributable to acute influenzal pneumonia were 2; this
figure is classified under influenza in the death table on page 11.
Acute primary pneumonia accounted for 23 deaths. There were
283 deaths from all forms of pneumonia compared with 414 in
1963.
Deaths in 1963 from acute influenzal pneumonia and acute
primary pneumonia were respectively 13 and 35.
Malaria
No cases were reported.
Erysipelas
Ten cases were notified.
Other Infective Diseases
Eleven deaths occurred from syphilis.
Scabies
Six notifications were received. Seven treatments were given at
the Council's Disinfecting Station during the year.
At the Battersea Cleansing Station, a total of 46 treatments for
scabies and verminous conditions was given to women residents
(and children under school age) of Wandsworth in accordance
with arrangements made by this Council with the Battersea Borough
Council in 1955.
Food Poisoning
Investigations were made in 113 notified or otherwise reported
cases during the year. Eighty of these were deemed to be not food
poisoning after laboratory examination of faecal specimens from
those affected.
The remaining notifications were single unrelated cases. As a
result of bacteriological examination, causative agents were found
in 18 cases. The organisms isolated were Salmonellae brandenburg
(7), muenchen (5), typhimurium (2) and one each of infantis,
orienberg, panama and tuebingen.
Diseases Reported from Schools
A total of 2,320 infective diseases was reported from schools in
the Borough throughout the year. The numbers of each disease
were:
Scarlet Fever 80
Measles 300
German Measles 370
Chicken Pox 500
Whooping Cough 50
Mumps 780
Dysentery 40
Other Complaints 200