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On the other hand Poliomyelitis has now become a dreaded disease
each summer and until now we have been able to do little in regard to
its prevention and control. Dysentery in a mild form known as Sonne
has become an increasingly disturbing factor in day nurseries and
among small children generally and in many cases has involved adults
also As with gastro enteritis cases occur all the year round and
have not been more numerous in the summer months.
Whooping Cough has remained, however, unchanged in character as
one of the threats to the health and even the life of young children
Although some infectious diseases such as Scarlet Fever. Measles
and Dysentery are now not serious in their effects on health it must
not be forgotten that they cause much disturbance in family and
economic life by necessitating some degree of isolation and nursing
care of the individual.
The most important epidemics that have occurred in recent years
were (1) Typhoid Fever involving 11 cases in 1950, the source of which
was never discovered but which was fortunately confined to the resi
dents in one house; (2) Measles in 1951 when there were 901 cases,
and (3) Whooping Cough in 1953 when there were 364 cases The
highest incidence of Poliomyelitis has been 5 cases in 1950 and 5
cases in 1955