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The year under review showed the highest incidence of
poliomyelitis recorded in Kensington, the previous highest
being twenty-seven cases in 1947 and ten in 1924 In the
thirty-eight years before 1949 during which poliomyelitis was
notifiable (1911—1948) the total number of cases in Kensington
was one hundred and eleven.
Encephalitis lethargica.
There was one case of this disease notified during the
year. The patient, aged 4 months, died in hospital.
Measles.
Of the seven hundred and forty cases notified during 1949.
seventy-two were admitted to hospital for treatment.
No death was reported during the year.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Five cases of this disease were notified. Three of
these cases were treated in hospital. All five cases
recovered without injury to sight.
Gastro-Bnteritis.
This disease is notifiable in children up to the age
of 5 years and during the year eighty-eight cases were reported;
of these eighty-six cases were treated in hospital.
During the year, there were six deaths of children under
the age of 2 years suffering from diarrhoea.
Scabies.
The special scheme of control introduced during the war
in 1941 was withdrawn by the Minister of Health on 31st
December, 1947. The normal vigilance exercised by the Council
continued during 1949. The number of notifications was only
one hundred and six compared with one hundred and forty-one
in the previous year and four hundred and sixty-three in the
peak year of 1946.
Tuberculosis.
During the year two hundred and sixty-six new cases of
tuberculosis were notified, of which twohundred and thirty-four
were respiratory and thirty-two non-respiratory cases.
The following table shows the number of cases added to
and the number removed from, the notification register during
the year