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Leptospirosis
Only one case was notified during the year, the patient being
a bui Ider employed on drainage work.
Malaria
Four cases were notified all of which were contracted abroad.
Measles
For the second year running, the number of cases of measles
notified was exceptionally low, 568 compared with 559 in 1971.
There seems no doubt that measles vaccination, which was
introduced in 1968, is potentially a most effective weapon in
reducing the incidence of this disease.
Ophthalmia neonatorum
Four cases of ophthalmic infection in the newborn were
reported and investigated, two being found to be gonococcal in
origin.
Poliomyelitis and smallpox
No cases of these two serious diseases were notified in
Wandsworth during the year.
Scarlet fever
There was a decrease in the number of cases reported which
totalled 31 compared with 35 in 1971.
Tuberculosis
The number of new cases notified during the year was 136,
the sources of information being as follows:-
Primary notifications 111
Un-notified at death 4
Transfers from other areas 21
The number of deaths certified as due to various forms of
tuberculosis was 23.
Particulars of the primary notifications and deaths during the
year, classified by sex and age, are given in the following table:-