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SECTION G - PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL
OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
During the year there were 763 cases of infectious disease notified
compared with 163 in 1962 and 1,064 in 1961. The increase over 1962 was
almost entirely due to the high incidence of measles, 650 cases.
The following infectious diseases are notifiable to the Medical
Officer of Health of the Borough:-
Smallpox
Cholera
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)
Erysipelas
Scarlet Fever
Typhus
Enteric or Typhoid Fever
Relapsing Fever
Tuberculosis (all forms)
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Malaria
Dysentery
Acute Primary Pneumonia
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia
Puerperal Pyrexia
Measles
Whooping Cough
Meningococcal Infection
Acute Poliomyelitis - Paralytic
Acute Poliomyelitis - Non-Paralytic
Acute Encephalitis - Infective
Acute Encephalitis - Post Infectious
Food Poisoning
Plague
Para-typhoid Fevers
Anthrax
SMALLPOX
There were no cases notified in Wimbledon during 1963, but this
disease is still prevalent in some parts of the world and constant
vigilance has to be maintained. From time to time notice is received
of persons arriving in this country who have been in contact with
smallpox. All such contacts are kept under surveillance until the
possibility of developing the disease has disappeared.
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