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Diphtheria.
No case of diphtheria was notified during the year.
Dysentery.
Thirty cases of dysentery were notified during the year, of which
one was 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.
Encephalitis-Acute.
No case of acute encephalitis was notified during the year.
Enteric Fever.
No case of enteric fever was notified during the year.
Erysipelas.
Four cases were notified during the year; no deaths occurred.
Malaria.
Only one case was reported during the year and investigations
indicated that the illness was contracted in Kenya.
Measles.
515 cases were notified during 1966. This figure compares with
1,084 in 1965 and shows the usual biennial decrease.
Meningococcal infection.
Three cases of this disease were notified during the year, all of
whom were treated in hospital. One case, a child aged two-and-a-half
years, died.
Pneumonia.
There are various forms of pneumonia, but the only types notifiable
are (1) acute primary and (2) acute influenzal pneumonia. Five cases
were notified during the year, of which three were acute primary and
two acute influenzal.
During the year, the number of deaths from pneumonia (all forms)
was 137, of which 115 were of persons over the age of sixty-five.
Food Poisoning.
Twenty cases of food poisoning were notified during the year, and
36 other cases were reported. The following table gives an analysis
of the cases:-