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The Health Committee resolved that the Medical Officer of
Health (and in his absence the Deputy Medical Officer of Health)
be generally authorised to issue notices in emergency, in order to
check the spread of the diseases specified.
Diphtheria.
There were no cases of diphtheria during 1953.
Meningococcal Infection.
There were no cases notified and no contacts.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.
There were no cases of contacts of these diseases.
Poliomyelitis.
One case of non-paralytic poliomyelitis in a boy aged 15 years
was notified; he made a good recovery. A child, who was a contact
from a hospital outbreak, was kept under supervision and remained
well. In two other cases the diagnosis of poliomyelitis was
subsequently withdrawn.
Smallpox.
There were no cases or contacts.
Psittacosis
There were no cases or contacts.
Rubella.
Ten cases of Rubella, or "German Measles," were notified.
There was no notification of a case occurring in an expectant mother.
Dysentery.
There were 51 notified cases of Sonne dysentery during the year.
Nineteen of these occurred in an outbreak in a hospital, and twelve
in an outbreak in a day nursery. 32 of the patients were admitted to
hospital but none of them were very ill. There was one unnotified
case in a residential nursery. All the cases made an uneventful
recovery.