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Erysipelas.
Two cases were notified and one was removed to hospital.
Food Poisoning.
One case due to salmonella typhi-murium was notified and was removed to hospital.
Malaria.
One case of a secondary relapse was notified and was removed to hospital. The
patient was an airman stationed in the Borough.
Measles.
One hundred and thirty-three cases were notified, and ten were removed to hospital.
Two cases removed to hospital were subsequently re-diagnosed, one as gastro-enteritis and
the other as German measles.
Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal).
Four cases were notified, and three were removed to hospital.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
One case was notified during the year, and was removed to hospital.
Scabies.
Three cases were notified, all of which were treated at home.
Scarlet Fever.
Eighteen cases were notified, and eleven of them were removed to hospital. Three
cases removed to hospital were subsequently re-diagnosed as catarrhal pharyngitis, coryza
and German measles respectively.
Smallpox.
In February three persons arrived by air from Kano in Nigeria, where a case of
smallpox had occurred, and were kept under observation for a period of 16 days.
In November a ship arrived at Tilbury, having had a case of suspected smallpox
during the voyage from Sydney. Ten passengers presumed to be contacts were kept under
observation until information was received that the case was not one of smallpox.
Tuberculosis.
See page 51.
Whooping Cough.
Thirty-two cases were notified, four of which were removed to hospital.