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Dysentery
Notifications of cases of dysentery numbered 30, compared with 4.0
cases last year.
Enteric Fever
No cases of enteric fever were notified during the year.
Erysipelas
During the year three notifications were received (compared with 119
in 1936).
Food Poisoning
There were 10 cases of food poisoning notified in the Borough during
the year. Salmonella typhi-murium was isolated in two cases.
Meningococcal Infection
One notification was received during the year.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Two cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified this year, one being
of a resident of the Borough.
Poliomyelitis
Again 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 5 notifications during the year compared with 52 in 1963.
Of these four 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 64, compared with
44 last year.
56 scabies patients and contacts were treated by medicinal baths at the
Branch Road treatment centre and their clothing disinfested, viz:-
Males Females Children
33 16 7
The number of baths given totalled 73.
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