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or had otherwise been in contact. Fortunately the causative
organism was not found in any case but the occurrence did
persuade a number of parents of unimmunised children to have
their children protected.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers
A case of typhoid fever was notified in 1959 in a native
of India who had been resident in England for a period of four
months. On discharge from hospital he remained an intermittent
typhoid carrier and in August, 1960, he again had a clinical
attack of typhoid fever. Although the patient made satisfactory
progress he was found whilst in hospital to be also suffering from
pulmonary tuberculosis.
The other confirmed case of typhoid fever occurred in a
family which had arrived by air a few days earlier from Egypt.
The family stayed in Paddington for a few days after arrival and
during that time the two children were admitted to hospital
suffering from typhoid fever. On arriving in Hampstead the
mother was taken ill and admitted to hospital suffering from the
same disease. All these patients made a good recovery.
Another case which was notified as typhoid fever was a
man who had been visiting a mental hospital where there were
known to be some typhoid carriers. Bacteriological investigations
however showed that the infection was paratyphoid fever,
the infecting organism being of the type known as dundee. The
source of the infection was not discovered.
The other case of paratyphoid fever occurred in a man
employed by the Medical Research Council as a stoker. Investigation
showed no reasonable source of infection at the place of
employment and investigation at his home, at a restaurant in
Hampstead and at a restaurant in Westminster failed to disclose
the source of the disease. Both the cases of paratyphoid fever
made a good recovery.
Poliomyelitis
There were three confirmed cases of poliomyelitis , all
of the paralytic type.
The first case was of a child of one year of age who arrived