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CHICKEN POX:
70 cases occurred, none of which was severe, and there were no
complications.
GASTRO-ENTERITIS (Over 2 years):
4 moderately severe cases occurred, 2 of which were adults and 2
were children. No organisms were isolated and there were no deaths.
GASTRO-ENTERITIS (Under 2 years):
Of the 21 cases notified, 17 were moderately severe and 4 were
mild. 6 cases were removed to hospital. There were no deaths.
GLANDULAR FEVER:
No cases were reported.
INFECTIVE HEPATITIS:
There were 22 cases scattered through the Borough with no apparent
contact amongst them. No deaths occurred.
MALARIA:
No contacts or cases were reported.
MEASLES:
There were 171 notified cases, most of which occurred during the
last quarter of the year. Of these, 93 were moderately severe while
the remaining 78 were mild. 7 cases were removed to hospital. 4 cases
were complicated by Broncho-pneumonia and 7 by bronchitis. There were no
deaths.
MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION:
Only one case occurred. This was in a little girl aged 8 months.
The onset of the illness was very sudden and the attack was a severe
one. She was admitted to hospital where she made a full recovery.
MUMPS:
There were 15 cases. No complications occurred.
0PTHALMIA NEONATORUM:
7 cases were notified, 5 of which were in-patients at Moorfields
Hospital and not normally resident in the Borough. All the cases re
covered and there was no blindness.
PNEUMONIA (Acute Primary & Influenzal):
60 cases were reported - 59 acute primary pneumonias and 1 influenzal
pneumonia. All were severe infections and 46 had to be removed to
hospital. No deaths occurred.
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