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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
One case was notified, which cleared up without impairment to vision.
TYPHOID FEVER
A man of 21 years contracted this disease while on a continental camping holiday
and was admitted to hospital. Friends who accompanied him gave negative laboratory
results as did the rest of his family.
PARATYPHOID FEVER
One case occurred in a woman of 44 years following her return from holiday in
France. Faeces examinations were carried out on all the members of her family with
negative results.
PNEUMONIA
69 cases were notified compared with 90 in the previous year.
POLIOMYELITIS
There were no cases notified.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA
49 notifications were received. With the exception of eight all occurred in hospitals.
SCARLET FEVER
There were 96 notifications compared with 67 in 1961. The disease appears mild
nowadays.
SMALLPOX
During the prevalence of the disease several suspected cases were seen by the
department's medical staff but in no case was the diagnosis smallpox.
All travellers from Pakistan arriving in Ealing were, as far as possible, kept under
surveillance by the Health Inspectors until the incubation period of the disease had
expired. This, however, is not an easy task as most Pakistanis make frequent moves
in their early days in this country. The presence of smallpox in the country caused
considerable public concern in the Borough and there were a large number of requests
for advice and reassurance. I have referred later in this report to the subject of
vaccination.
TUBERCULOSIS
There were 70 pulmonary notifications, 46 male and 24 female. This compared
with a total of 93 notifications in 1961, of which 64 were male and 29 female. There
were six female non-pulmonary notifications. The figures for 1961 were six male and
four female non-pulmonary notifications. There were 8 pulmonary deaths and one
non-pulmonary deaths compared with seven pulmonary deaths and no non-pulmonary
death in 1961.
WHOOPING COUGH
Only 19 notifications of whooping cough were received compared with 51 in the
previous year.
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