View report page

19
Food Poisoning.
Two cases due to salmonella typhi-murium were notified and were removed to
hospital.
Malaria.
One case was notified and was removed to hospital. The patient was a man aged
31, who had just arrived in this country from Nigeria.
Measles.
Two hundred and fifty-four cases were notified, and twenty-one were removed to
hospital. One case removed to hospital was subsequently re-diagnosed as dermatitis.
Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal).
Eight cases were notified, and four were removed to hospital.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
In August a new and wider definition was adopted for this condition by the
Puerperal Pyrexia Regulations, 1951. Three cases were notified during the year and were
removed to hospital.
Scabies.
Four cases were notified, all of which were treated at home.
Scarlet Fever.
Twenty-one cases were notified, and eight of them were removed to hospital. One
case removed to hospital was subsequently re-diagnosed as catarrhal pharyngitis.
Smallpox.
In February, a ship arrived at Tilbury with a case of suspected smallpox—a child
aged 12 years. The case was confirmed, and 26 passengers presumed to be contacts were
kept under observation for a period of 16 days.
In May, a ship arrived in the Port of London having landed a case of modified
smallpox at Marseilles. Nineteen passengers presumed to be contacts were kept under
observation for a period of 16 days.
Tuberculosis.
See page 51.
Whooping Cough.
Thirty-three cases were notified, four of which were removed to hospital.