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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1951
Measles
The number of cases notified during the year was 4,299,
compared with 1,720 in 1950, 2,969 in 1949 and 2,668 in 1948.
Puerperal Pyrexia
During the year 99 cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified.
Acute Poliomyelitis
Twenty-nine cases of this disease were notified or reported
during the year, of which 18 were subsequently not confirmed.
Of the remaining 11 confirmed cases, four were of the paralytic
type and seven non-paralytic. No deaths occurred.
In 1950, 40 cases were confirmed with seven deaths.
Acute Encephalitis (Post-infectious)
Five cases were notified with one death.
Meningococcal Infection
Two confirmed cases were notified. There were no deaths.
22 other cases were investigated, but were subsequently not
confirmed.
In the previous year there were 11 cases with four deaths.
Dysentery
122 cases were notified or reported during the year, 24 being
from institutions. Five cases were subsequently held not to be
dysentery.
Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fever
Ten 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.