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Ophthalmia Neonatorum
One case, in a resident of the Borough, was notified during the year.
Poliomyelitis
Three notifications of Poliomyelitis were received, the diagnosis
being confirmed in one paralytic case.
Vaccination against poliomyelitis is carried out by the Divisional
Health Department of the London County Council and is available to all
persons up to the age of 40.
Puerperal Pyrexia
There were 15 notifications during the year compared with 87 in
1961. Of these, six were residents of the Borough.
Scabies
Scabies is still notifiable under the County of London (Scabies)
Regulations, 1943. The number of cases formally notified was 33 compared
with 50 last year.
73 scabies patients and contacts were treated by medicinal baths
at Branch Road Treatment Centre and their clothing disinfested, viz:-
Males Females Children
34 19 20
The number of baths given totalled 106.
Scarlet Fever
There were 24 cases notified and no deaths from the disease.
Smallpox
No cases of Smallpox were notified during the year and it was not
necessary to take action under the Public Health (Smallpox) Regulations.
The occurrence of a case of Smallpox in a metropolitan borough at
the end of 1961 and another at the beginning of 1962 led to a heavy
demand for vaccination, 600,000 persons being vaccinated in. London,
250,000 of them for the. first time.
Frequent notifications are received from Port and Airport Authorities
of persons coming into the Borough who may have been in contact
with smallpox. Observation is kept on such persons by officers of
the Public Health Department for the necessary period.
The number of children successfully vaccinated or revaccinated
against smallpox at London County Council clinics, during the year,
was 8,533.
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