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Puerperal Pyrexia
Twenty-five cases of this disease were notified and 11
were treated in hospital, No deaths occurred in any of the
notified cases.
Pneumonia
There are various forms of pneumonia, but the only kinds
notifiable are acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal
pneumonia. One hundred and forty-two notifications were
received during the year, 130 patients being certified as
suffering from acute primary and 12 from acute influenzal
pneumonia. Of these 142 cases, 87 were treated in hospital.
During the year, the number of deaths from pneumonia (all
forms) was 83 and 2 deaths were certified to be due to
influenza.
Dysentery
There were 145 cases of dysentery notified during the
year. All were bacillary in origin and the majority of
cases were due to the Sonne bacillus.
Many of the cases notified followed bacteriological
examinations of the faeces in very slight cases of diarrhoea
in children at day nurseries. Other cases who gave no
history of intestinal upset, were discovered as a result of
examination of faeces from "contacts".
The cases generally were of a mild type and no deaths
occurred.
Erysipelas
Of the 24 cases notified, 12 were admitted to hospital.
There were no deaths.
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
Four cases of this disease were notified during the
year. One, a male child aged 8 months, died in hospital;
but the other 3 cases recovered.
Malaria
During 1948 there were two cases of malaria notified,
both of whom were young men recently returned from military
service in tropical zones with a history of the disease.
Poliomyelitis
There were 9 cases notified during the year, none of
which proved fatal.
Measles
Of the 868 cases notified during 1948, 1+9 were
admitted to hospital for treatment. A special measles nurse
was appointed temporarily to carry out home visiting of cases.
Two deaths were reported during the year.