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Diphtheria.
Two notifications of Diphtheria were received during the year.

An outbreak which occurred in a London borough in December resulted
in the attendance for immunisation at clinics in the area increasing
fivefold. Young parents who have little fear or knowledge of the
seriousness of the disease must realise the need to have their children
immunised.
Onehundred-and-four swabs were forwarded by general practitioners
to the Mile End Group Laboratory, where bacteriological examinations are
carried out on behalf of the Borough Council.
Dysentery.
There was a decrease in the incidence of Sonne Dysentery, 87 cases
having been notified compared with 145 cases last year. The occurrence
of Sonne Dysentery is common, but seldom fatal, and then only in aged
persons or debilitated children.
Enteric Fever.
Two cases of Enteric Fever were notified during the year. One case
notified by a military doctor as enteric fever concerned a young soldier
aged 16 recently returned from France and Germany, the causal organism
found being stated to be Salmonella Typhi-murium. The other case, a man
aged 31, had been a resident of a common lodging house. He made a rapid
recovery but one stool was found positive for Paratyphoid-B.
Erysioolas.
During the year thirteen notifications were received.
Food Poisoning.
There were 8 cases of notified Food Poisoning, which were unconnected
with each other, except two viz. a grandmother and grandchild.
The likely cause of infection in the one fatal case was a hen's egg,
eaten raw in vinegar, obtained from a friend who had brought it froa the
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