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Infective Diseases 11
Measles
The number of cases notified during the year was 1,720,
compared with 2,969 in 1949, 2,668 in 1948, and 1,241 in 1947.
Puerperal Pyrexia
During the year 17 cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified.
The Public Health (Acute Poliomyelitis, Acute Encephalitis and
Meningococcal Infection) Regulations, 1949
The general purport of these regulations, which came into
operation on 1st January, 1950, was to replace, with slight modifications,
certain earlier regulations covering Cerebro-spinal Fever,
Acute Poliomyelitis and Acute Encephalitis Lethargica and to introduce
nomenclature consistent with the international standard
classification of diseases.
Acute Poliomyelitis
Seventy-one cases of this disease were notified or reported
during the year, of which 40 were subsequently confirmed. This
figure compares with 58 for 1949 and 43 for 1948. Seven of the
cases died.
Acute Encephalitis
No case of this disease was reported.
Meningococcal Infection
Eleven confirmed cases were notified or reported. There were
four deaths. Twenty-five other cases were investigated, but were
subsequently not confirmed.
In the previous year there were 10 cases with two deaths.
Dysentery
Eighty-seven cases were notified or reported during the year,
eight being from institutions. Six cases were subsequently held not
to be dysentery.
Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fever
Fourteen cases were reported during the year, two of which
were subsequently confirmed as typhoid and three as para-typhoid.
Diagnosis was not confirmed in the remaining cases. There were no
deaths.
Influenza
The number of deaths from influenza was 35 compared with
45 in 1949, 10 in 1948, 44 in 1947, and 47 in 1946.
The death-rate was .11 per 1,000.