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NOTIFICATIONS OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS
POLIOMYELITIS
No cases of Poliomyelitis have occurred during the year.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA
There was an increase in the number of cases of Puerperal
Pyrexia, 119 cases occurring compared with 72 in 1963.
Of the 119 cases 50 only were Hendon residents, the remainder
being women from other areas who entered the maternity hospital in
the Borough for their confinement.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
Pour cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified during the
year, compared with one in 1963.
SCARLET FEVER
There was an increase in the number of cases notified, 41 cases
occurring compared with 22 in 1963. As usual the disease was mild
in character.
DIPHTHERIA
No cases of Diphtheria were notified during the year, compared
with 2 in 1963.
MEASLES
During the year 406 cases of Measles were notified compared
with 1,2+91 in 1963. As Measles tend to occur in epidemic form every
two years, it is anticipated that ar epidemic will occur about the
Spring cf 1965.
WHOOPING COUGH
The number of cases of Whooping Cough notified was 43, compared
with 134 in 1963.
SONNE DYSENTERY
There was a decrease in the number of cases notified during the
year, there being 39 compared with 317 in 1963. The disease was as
usual mild in character.
AMOEBIC DYSENTERY
A case of Amoebic Dysentery was notified in a Spanish kitchen
worker employed at a hospital.
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