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The third case, notified as Paratyphoid C was a male, aged 19 years. This
patient came to a hostel in the Borough from a casual ward in another Metropolitan
area, having previously tramped the country for some nine months. He
was ill on arrival at the hostel and was removed the same day to hospital. He
was subsequently found to be suffering from an intestinal infection caused by
B. Suipestifer, that organism having been recovered from his blood and urine. He
made a complete recovery and was discharged from the hospital eight weeks after
admission.
There were 109 cases of enteric fever in London with 15 deaths.
Typhus Fever.
No case of typhus fever was notified during the year in the Borough or in
London.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
One case of cerebro-spinal fever was notified in the Borough.
One hundred and thirty-seven cases were notified in London, giving rise to 78
deaths.
Bacillary Dysentery.
Two cases were notified. One, a female child, 5½ years, notified as bacillary
dysentery (Flexner Z type). This child had not been out of England and had no
known overseas contact. The patient was treated in hospital and recovered;
up to the time of the preparation of this report (after an interval of fifteen months)
the child had had no recurrence of the illness. The second case was that of a
male, aged 26 years, notified as suffering from chronic amoebic dysentery and from
malaria. The onset of the diseases occurred as long ago as 1930 in India; the
patient returned to England in 1933 and was reported to have been ill ever since.
Fifty-eight cases were notified in London, with seven deaths.
Malaria.
One case of malaria was notified. The patient returned from India in 1933.
The disease was contracted in that country about 1930.
Thirty cases were notified in London, with two deaths.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
One case of encephalitis lethargica was notified in the Borough during the year.
This case was not formally notified until after death of the patient.