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MENINGOCCAL INFECTION
No notifications were received.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
No cases reported.
TYPHOID FEVER
There were no cases reported during the year.
PNEUMONIA
43 cases were notified as compared with 97 in 1963.
POLIOMYELITIS
There were no cases reported during the year.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA
There were 47 notifications—all but two patients were in hospital.
SCARLET FEVER
Although this disease is not now as severe as it has been in the past, and is much
more amenable to treatment and less liable to complications, it does still have importance
in regard to milk. It is the custom in the Borough to exclude for a period
of one week milk handling contacts of those who are notified as having the disease.
During the year 51 notifications were received.
SMALLPOX
There were no cases during the year.
Some 12 people arrived by air from declared smallpox endemic areas. Similarly
another 17 people arrived by sea in this country. All these persons were visited by
Public Health Inspectors.
TUBERCULOSIS
There were 47 pulmonary notifications—31 male and 16 female, and 5 nonpulmonary
notifications—2 male and 3 female. In 1963 there had been 89 pulmonary
notifications—61 male and 28 female and 11 non-pulmonary notifications—5 male
and 6 female.
WHOOPING COUGH
There were 80 notifications.
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