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fact that there is often a time lapse between early symptoms, final
diagnosis, and notification to this Department) according to months
as follows:—
One case in February One case in September
Three cases in March Two cases in October
Three cases in April Two cases in November
Three cases in August
The nature of the infection is by no means certain in most
of these cases, but it is probable that many are either caused by the
Dysentery organisms, or by the food poisoning organisms. This is
known to have been the case in one of the children aged 5 who
had an infection with Salmonella Typhi-murium.
Measles.
Information by notification or in other ways was received of
204 cases, by far the majority of which were very mild. This number
was well below those of the previous four years.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Eight cases were notified, but in no case was there any probability
of the infection having been venereal in character, and in every case
there was full recovery.
Poliomyelitis.
Finsbury was fortunate in that only one case developed during
the year in spite of a number of cases in the surrounding districts,
and the epidemic in the country and London generally. This case
was a girl aged 4 who developed paralysis of her right leg in November,
and was making satisfactory progress at the time of this report.
Supervision was maintained of known contacts of this case
and of cases in other areas.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Five cases were notified. In every case recovery was rapid
and complete, and in no case was there any infection of a serious
nature.
Scarlet Fever.
This disease continued in the mild form which it has adopted
in recent years, and did not in any case lead to complications. There
were 40 cases during the year.