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Table 15 on page 66 shows, details, of the notifications
received, together with age groups. The diagnosis was not
confirmed in 7 of the above notifications.
A list of tho diseases notifiable in the County of
London is shown in Table 16 on page 67.
Diphtheria.
Three notifications were received, but the diagnosis
was not confirmed in two of the cases. The number of
children immunised at L.C.C. clinics was 1154, and of these
1047 were under five years of age, 1272 children were given
a reinforcing injection,
A supply of anti-toxin is kept in the Department for use
by general practitioners in emergency cases, 95 swabs were
forwarded by general practitioners to the Mile End Group
Laboratory, where bacteriological examinations are carried
out on behalf of the Borough Council.
Dysentery.
68 notifications of Sonne Dysentery were received during
the year, as compared with 73 the previous year.
Erysipelas.
During the year 10 notifications were received, as
compared with 24 last year.
Food Poisoning.
Twelve individual cases of suspected food poisoning
were notified. In 5 cases a salmonella organism was isolated
from the patient's stools, and in no case was the source of
infection traced to any particular article of food.
Kala Azar.
Notification was received during the year of an Indian
resident in the Borough who was suffering from Kala Azar, a
parasitic disease affecting the spleen and liver. This
disease is unlikely to spread in this country as it is a
disease of warmer climates.
Malaria.
Two cases of malaria were notified during the year.
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