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Ophthalmia Neonatorum
No cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified this year, the first
time ever.
Poliomyelitis
No notifications of poliomyelitis were received. 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 52 notifications during the year, compared with 15 in
1962. Of these 16 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 compared
with 33 last year.
Sixty-eight scabies patients and contacts were treated by medicinal
baths at the Branch Road treatment centre and their clothing disinfested,
viz:-
Males Females Children
26 19 23
The number of baths given totalled 85.
Scarlet Fever
There were 31 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.
Notifications are frequently 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 under 15 years successfully vaccinated or
revaccinated against smallpox at London County Council clinics, during
the year, was 189.
Tuberculosis
The number of primary notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis
received during the year was 105 compared with 91 last year, and the
51