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It should be noted that two people were infected whilst holiday-
making on the Continent. These cases demonstrate the dangers of
eating uncooked fruit and vegetables or drinking unboiled water in
places abroad, where the sanitation is not of the highest standard.
Intending travellers, particularly those who contemplate a visit to the
lesser-known places abroad, should bear in mind the fact that complete
immunity to Enteric may be established by means of preventive
inoculations.
The Bournemouth epidemic illustrates how the disease may be
propagated by means of infected milk. Pasteurisation is a certain
safeguard, and in the presence of an epidemic, no milk should be
consumed which has not been rendered safe by pasteurisation or
boiling.
Malaria.
One case of Malaria was notified during the year. The disease
was of tertian type, and occurred in a male patient aged 28 years, who
contracted the disease in Venezuela in 1935.
Measles.
During the year, 918 cases were notified, of which 137 were
removed to hospital. The illness terminated fatallv in two instances.