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The remaining 30 cases were in 8 family outbreaks, the
numbers affected in each family ranging from two to six, and during
the course of the disease some patients apparently recovered and
were re~infected,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
There was a large increase in the number of cases of
ophthalmia neonatorum notified during the year, 43 as compared with
2 during the previous year. The great majority of cases were
notified from a maternity unit attached to one of the teaching hospitals
and occurred during a comparatively short period, In only one case
was the condition confirmed as due to a genococcal infection. All
the cases recovered without injury to the sight.
General
The other cases of infectious disease do not call for any
special comment.
Tuberculosis
Cases of tuberculosis are shown in a separate table from the
other notifiable diseases in the statistical section.
The number of cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis is somewhat
less at 11 than in the previous year (16), but there is no indication
that this is any real improvement because even this figure is still 2
more than the average for the past ten years.
The number of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis is, however,
encouraging and the reduction in the number of new cases now appears
to be following the trend which has been evident throughout the
country as a whole for some years past, The notification of 43 new
cases (30 male and 13 female) is the lowest number that has been
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Figures for the previous years are as follows: -