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Diphtheria
For the ninth consecutive year no case of this disease was
notified in the borough.
Dysentery
Eighteen cases of dysentery were notified during the year of
which one case was classified as amoebic dysentery,, one case as
Sh.flexner, and the remainder Sh.sonne. Generally the cases were
of a mild type and there were no deaths.
Malaria
Four cases of malaria were reported during the year and
investigations indicated that the illnesses were contracted abroad.
Food Poisoning
Forty-eight cases of food poisoning were notified. The
following table gives an analysis of the cases:-
Salmonella enteritidis 5 Salmonelia typhimurium 16
Salmonella St. Paul 1 Unknown Salmonella 22
Salmonella Stanley 1 Salmonella Bredeny 1
Salmonella Newport 1 Salmonella Indiana 1
Poliomyelitis
One case was notified this year, the first since 1963. The
patient was never in the borough as such as he was normally resident
abroad, and was taken direct from the airport to the hospital on his
return to this country from Africa,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Two cases of this disease 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 93 members of the staff of the department were
vaccinated or revaccinated.
Information was received during the year from port authorities
of 207 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 104
were kept under observation for the surveillance period and
remained quite well and 18 were found to have moved to other areas
of which the Medical Officers of Health were notified.
The remaining 85 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.