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Poliomyelitis
Five paralytic and two non-paralytic cases of poliomyelitis were
notified. All of the patients were children, the oldest being seven
years and the youngest nine months. In only one instance was the
paralyses at all extensive. The cases occurred during the months of
May, July, August, (three cases) September and November. Only one of
the children gave a history of having received poliomyelitis vaccine.
A girl who became ill in August was a contact of a boy, prior to his
admission to hospital, who developed the condition in July.
Zymotic Enteritis
There were only 5 cases of Enteritis compared with 21 in 1958.
This condition is notifiable in Southwark during the quarter July to
September inclusive for children under 5 years of age.
Pneumonia
80 cases of Pneumonia were notified, an increase of 29 from the
previous year. 50 of these occurred over the age of 45 years.
Puerperal Pyrexia
All of the thirty-one notifications of Puerperal Pyrexia were
received from hospital. This total was one more than in 1958.
Encephalitis
One case of Infective Encephalitis occurred in a child between
5and l0 years old. There were no cases of post-infectious Encephalitis.
Scabies
Only the first case of Scabies in a household in any four-week
Period is notifiable in London and 21 such cases were so notified, an
increase of 2 from the previous year.