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Diphtheria.
Fourteen cases of diphtheria were notified, but of these
12 were subsequently found not to be suffering from diphtheria.
The two remaining cases were unconnected.
The net figure of 2 cases is the lowest annual figure
ever recorded in Kensington.
The first case occurred in a woman aged 42 years who was
shown to be a carrier of C. Diphtheriae Mitis. The
organism was found to be avirulent on guinea pig inoculation
and the patient was not considered to constitute a danger.
She was treated at home for the eradication of the organism
from her throat. The second case occurred in a woman aged
37 years who was admitted to hospital as suffering from
tonsilitis but subsequently a diagnosis of faucial diphtheria
was confirmed. Neither of these two persons had been
immunised.
No death from diphtheria occurred during the year.
Diphtheria immunisation work, commenced "by the Council
in 193U, was continued on the same lines "by the London County
Council daring the year. A summary of the work carried
out in Kensington is as follows
Number of pre-school children immunised 1,646
" " school " " 332
" " reinforcing injections given 1 ,049
" " children attending for pre Schick Tests 238
" which gave a positive reaction 168
" of children attending for post Schick
Tests 2,787
" proving negative 2,612
" proving positive 78
" who failed reading 97
Enteric fever.
Pour cases of typhoid fever and three cases of
paratyphoid B fever were notified during the year. All the
cases were treated in hospital and there was no death.
Three of the four patients suffering from typhoid fever
had recently arrived in this country from the continent, and
it is likely that the infection was contracted abroad. In
the fourth case the source of infection was not traced.
Prom the histories of two of the three cases of
paratyphoid B fever, it was established that the sources of
infection were outside London, one in Sussex and one in
Cornwall. In the third case nothing could be established
from the history.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Thirty-three cases of this disease were notified and
twenty-nine were treated in hospital. No death occurred
amongst these cases.
Pneumonia.
There are various forms of pneumonia, but the only kinds
notifiable are acute primary and acute influenzal. One hundred
and twenty-one notifications were received during the year,