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VI. PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND
OTHER DISEASES
Weather Conditions
January was exceptionally dry, in fact it was the driest January
in London since at least 1914. February continued dry, March being the
wettest for 17 years. April was very dull and showery. It was a very
wet spring following an exceptionally dry winter.
May was the warmest for over a century, but June was dull, cool and
thundery. July was dry, warming up towards the end of the month.
August and September were dry, warm and sunny.
October was cold, but dry, preceding a mild and dry November. December
was another dry month, with the sunniest Boxing Day on record at Kew.
Notifications
The number of notified cases of infectious diseases (corrected for
revised diagnosis and duplicate notifications) during the year, was 978.
Table 13 on page 63 shows cases notified together with comparative
figures over the last 10 years. A list of diseases which are notifiable
in the County of London is shown in Table 18 on page 67.
Liaison is maintained with general practitioners and hospitals in the
area, and a monthly bulletin is circulated among them giving information of
infectious diseases occurring in the Borough during tho month, the number
of claimants for sickness benefit obtained from the local National Health
Insurance Office and other relevant information from time to time.
Diphtheria
Two notifications of diphtheria were received but were not confirmed.
The number of Stepney children immunised at London County Council clinics
during the last five years, is as follows:-
1964 1963 1962 1961 1960
Completed primary course:-
Children under 5 years 1,284 1,062 982 1,424 1,302
Children 5-15 years 206 335 208 489 437
Children given reinforcing
injection 1,491 1,926 1,725 2,858 1,389
Swabs forwarded by general practitioners and by the Medical Officer of
Health to the Mile End Group Laboratory, where bacteriological examinations
are carried out on behalf of the Borough Council, numbered 23.
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