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Diphtheria
For the eighth consecutive year no case of this disease was notified
in the borough.
Dysentery
Eleven cases of dysentery were notified during the year, of which one
case was classified as Sh.flexner and one case Sh.boydii, and the remainder
Sh.sonne. Generally the cases were of a mild type and there were no deaths.
Enteric Fever
During the year, four cases of paratyphoid 'B' were notified.
Malaria
Five cases of malaria were reported during the year and investigations
indicated that the illnesses were contracted abroad.
Food Poisoning
Fifty-three cases of food poisoning were notified. The following
table gives an analysis of the cases:-
Salmonella enteritidis 5 Salmonella Thompson 3
Salmonella Indiana 2 Salmonella typhimurium 5
Salmonella Montevideo 1 Salmonella Virchow 2
Salmonella Panama 3 Suspected Salmonella 20
Salmonella San Diago 1 Unknown Salmonella 7
Salmonella St. Paul 2 Staphylococcus Aureus 1
Salmonella Stanley 1
Poliomyelitis
It is now seven years since a case of this disease was notified in the
borough.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Two cases of this disease, the first since 1966, were notified. Both
were treated and there was no impairment of sight
Smallpox
The Ministry of Health's memorandum on vaccination recommends that
persons likely to deal with cases of smallpox at short notice should be
regularly revaccinated at not more than yearly intervals. During the year
98 members of the staff of the department were vaccinated or revaccinated.
Information was received during the year from port authorities of 170
persons intending to stay in the borough and who could not produce valid
certificates of vaccination after leaving countries which were declared local
infected endemic areas. Of these, 92 were kept under observation for the
surveillance period and remained quite well and five were found to have
moved to other areas, and the local Medical Officers of Health were notified.
The remaining seventy-three persons could not be traced at the
addresses given by the port authorities.
No case of smallpox has been reported in the area of the present borough
since 1929.