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Notification of Infectious Diseases.
The number of cases of infectious disease notified during the year totalled 2,381 which
included 164 cases removed to hospital. These figures show an increase of 1,399 on the previous
year, due largely to many more cases of Measles.
There was a slight increase in the incidence of Scarlet Fever and Food Poisoning, whilst
decreases were shown in the numbers of cases of Dysentery, Puerperal Pyrexia, and Whooping
Cough which were notified.
Incidence of Infectious Diseases.
Dysentery.
Of the 94 cases notified, 5 proved negative upon initial bacteriological examination,
giving a corrected figure of 89.
There were no institutional outbreaks during the year, all the cases being of a sporadic
nature and occurring at widely separated addresses within the Borough.
Food Poisoning.
The 25 cases notified included 2 family outbreaks involving 7 persons, the remainder
being sporadic cases. The following causative agents were identified:-
Staphylococcus aureus 3
Salmonella typhi-murium 5
" montevideo 1
" panama 1
" reading 1
" heidelberg 1
" newport 1
" glouceste 1
" brandenburg 1
" enteritidis 1
In the other 9 cases, no specific organism was isolated.
Malaria.
The one case of Malaria notified occurred in a person who had contracted the disease
abroad.
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