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Infective Jaundice
A total of 44 notifications of Infective Jaundice were received
during the year, a similar figure to that of 39 reported during the
the previous year. The general pattern of the infection was again
of sporadic cases. There was one death reported from this cause.
Leptospirosis
No case was notified during the year.
Measles
A total of 668 cases were notified during the year compared
with 1,041 during 1969. Most of the notifications related to children
under the age of 15 years and cases now tend to occur throughout
the year in contrast with the traditional tendency of the infection
to be more or less confined to the winter months. The
Meningitis
11 cases were notified during the year compared with 7 in the
preceding year.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
No notifications were received during the year.
Poliomyelitis
No case of this disease was notified during the year.
Scarlet Fever
This infection continued to occur in a mild form and no
deaths were recorded. 56 cases were notified compared with 99
during the previous year.