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E. Coli 0111
In April nine babies in a Mother and Baby Home were affected with E. Coli 0111.
They were admitted to hospital and all made a satisfactory recovery.
Haemolytic Streptococci Group A
During the year an outbreak of haemolytic streptococci Group A occurred at a
Police Training School, an Orphanage and a Primary School. Investigations in each case
showed a considerable number of persons to be carrying the organism. The recommended
treatment with penicillin was given and the infection eventually cleared from each establishment.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever
Two cases of typhoid fever and six cases of paratyphoid fever occurred during the
year, and with one exception were in persons returning to this country from abroad. All
were admitted to hospital and eventually recovered.
One case of an unusual type occurred in a man who had been a patient in a psychiatric
hospital since 1957. Salmonella typhi Phage type D.4. was isolated, a type unknown in
this country since 1919. Tests subsequently taken from ward contacts of this man and also
from staff revealed another male patient admitted to the hospital in 1919, to be a carrier
of the same organism. No further cases were found.
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES OF VACCINATION
Three forms of International Certificates of Vaccination, namely:— smallpox, cholera
and yellow fever require authentication of the signature of the doctor providing the
vaccination or inoculation of persons proceeding abroad.
During the year, 10,642 such certificates were authenticated in the Department.
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