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Attendances
Total attendances during 1961 21,015
Total of new cases sent for diagnosis by G.Ps in 1961 4,517
Those of above total notified as T.B. 87
Those of above total having full examination 2,004
Those of above total having miniature X-ray only 2,513
Total number of new contacts seen in 1961 822
Those of above found to be tuberculous 19
Diphtheria
There was one confirmed case of faucial diphtheria which occurred in a boy aged
7 years. The patient was admitted to hospital on the 17th February and was discharged
recovered on the 10th April. The child's family had come from Ireland and although
the mother stated the children were immunised, no records were available to confirm
this. The family were living in very overcrowded conditions, with the mother, father
and eight children all sleeping in one room, but there was no spread of infection.
Efforts to trace the source of infection amongst school and home contacts proved
negative.
Poliomyelitis
The benefits of vaccination against poliomyelitis are now being reflected in the
greatly reduced incidence of this disease. For the second year running there has been
no notified case amongst Tottenham residents.
Acute Encephalitis
There were two cases of acute infective encephalitis notified in 1961, one in a
man aged 22 years and the other in a baby boy aged 10 months.
There were two cases of post-infectious encephalitis following vaccination against
smallpox in a boy aged 11 months and following measles in a girl aged 4 years.
Meningococcal Infection
There were two notifications of meningococcal infection. Both cases related to
babies aged 1 year.
Smallpox
No case of smallpox occurred in the Borough in 1961.