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DIPHTHERIA
No case of diphtheria was notified during the year.
DYSENTERY
Thirty-one cases of dysentery were notified during the year, of which three were
classed as Sh. flexner and the remainder Sh. sonne. Generally, the cases were of a mild
type and there were no deaths, although fourteen cases were treated in hospital.
In the later part of the year there was an outbreak of sonne dysentery at one of
the day nurseries when some twenty cases of children and staff were affected. The source
of the outbreak could not be traced.
ENCEPHALITIS - ACUTE
No case of acute encephalitis was notified during the year.
ENTERIC FEVER
During the year four cases of paratyphoid fever and one case of typhoid fever
were notified. In each case, the patient was removed to hospital for treatment.
The case of typhoid was an eleven year old girl who felt ill on arrival in this
country from Baghdad. She was removed to hospital for treatment and after a few weeks,
although not fully recovered, was discharged from hospital in order that she could return to
Baghdad with her parents. The Ministry of Health were kept informed.
ERYSIPELAS
Two cases were notified during the year; no death occurred.
MALARIA
Only one case was reported during the year and investigations indicated that
the illness was contracted in Nigeria.
MEASLES
1,084 cases were notified during 1965. This compares with 428 in 1964, and
shows the usual biennial increase. There was one death reported.
MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION
Four cases of this disease were notified during the year, all of whom were treated
in hospital. No death was reported.
PNEUMONIA
There are various forms of pneumonia, but the only types notifiable are (1) acute