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Malaria.
One soldier who had returned from Korea was treated in hospital.
Erysipelas.
Twelve cases were notified in which the disease occurred on
the face and 3 on the leg. In no case was the infection severe. They
were treated in hospital and recovered well.
Poliomyelitis.
There was one notified case of non-paralytic poliomyelitis
which made a good recovery and the contacts remained healthy.
Four contacts of other known cases, 2 men and 2 children, were
kept under supervision and remained well.
Pneumonia.
Forty-one cases were notified in the year. All were removed
to hospital and there were no deaths.
Scarlet Fever.
Thirty cases were notified and they were all very mild. Twentytwo
were treated in hospital and no case developed complications.
Whooping Cough (Pertussis).
There was a total of 93 cases of which 42 were removed to
hospital. Four were very severely affected, 47 moderately, and in
42 cases the disease was only mild. There were no deaths but the
following complications were reported :
1—collapsed left lung.
1—conjunctival ecchymosis.
2—bronchitis
1—broncho-pneumonia
Measles.
Notifications remained relatively low until the last quarter of
the year when there was an outbreak and 245 notified cases. The
total for the year was 309 and of these 57 were removed to hospital
mostly because of home conditions. In 150 cases the disease was
moderately severe and in 2 it was very severe. The following complin
cations were reported:—