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Diphtheria Anti-toxin.
During 1926, 240,000 units were supplied from the Public Health
Department. Anti-toxin is also obtainable at any hour of the day or
night from the Town Hall, and also from the North-Western Fever
Hospital, Lawn Road.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Two cases were notified during the year. One was removed to
hospital, but terminated fatally; the other was an old case which had
not been diagnosed in the initial stage, and was now notified as post
encephalitic Parkinsonism. This latter case improved, the tremor is not
so marked, and the patient is able to take more nourishment.
One case which was originally notified in 1924, and had apparently
made a complete recovery after removal to hospital for treatment,
relapsed in November of 1926 and was again removed to hospital, but
so far is not recovering.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
One case of this disease was notified in 1926 in the person of an
inmate of a Mental Hospital. The notification was made to me as the
patient's former home address was in Iianipstead.
Polio-Myelitis.
One patient was notified in 1926, and was nursed at home. The
case terminated fatally.
Enteric Fever.
Eleven cases were notified in 1926.
Three patients were nursed at home, and eight were removed to
hospital. One of the latter terminated fatally.
In those instances where there was a possibility of the infection
having taken place outside the Borough, e.g., while the patient was
on holiday, the local Medical Officer of Health was informed of the
circumstances.
Four of the enteric fever patients were on the domestic staff of a
large household. It seems clear from the investigations undertaken
that one case—an ambulatory one—was not diagnosed, and that the
other three contracted the disease from this carrier. All were removed
to hospital, but one died.