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Scarlet Fever
There were 59 cases notified.
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 382.
Tuberculosis
The number of primary notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis
received during the year was 80 compared with 105 last year, and the
number of non-pulmonary cases was 10 compared with 20 in 1963. (For
details of register and notifications see page 64).
The Mass Radiography Unit of the North-East Metropolitan Regional
Hospital Board paid visits to various sites and premises in the Borough,
and X-rayed 3,563 persons.
Visits were made by the Public Health Inspectors to the homes of
persons suffering from tuberculosis and appropriate action taken where
public health nuisances were found to exist.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925
These Regulations provide that persons suffering from tuberculosis
of the respiratory tract shall not be employed in the handling of milk or
milk receptacles. Power is given to the Council to cause-such persons
to discontinue their employment. It was not found necessary to take
action under the Regulations during the year.
Stepney Chest Clinic Care Committee
The Stepney Chest Clinic Care Committee has continued during the year
to help patients attending the Chest Clinic. Emergency grants have been
made in cases of need, and other grants have included help towards removal
expenses, extra comforts for patients, assistance with rent arrears accruing
through illness, and fares to visit patients in hospitals outside London.
The social needs of the patients are considered by the Welfare Officer
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