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18 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1958
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever
Of nine cases reported during the year, one was subsequently
confirmed as typhoid and five as paratyphoid. Two of the latter
had previously been on holiday on the Continent.
Diagnosis was not confirmed in the three remaining cases.
Puerperal Pyrexia
During the year 114 cases were notified, of which 113 occurred in
hospital and one at home. Thirty-seven of the hospital notifications
referred to patients whose home addresses were outside the borough.
Information was also received of 40 cases, referring to Wandsworth
residents whose confinements took place in hospitals located
in other Metropolitan boroughs.
Sonne Dysentery
Investigation of outbreaks of diarrhoea among pupils of six
schools in the borough resulted in a number of cases being
bacteriologically confirmed as Sonne dysentery. Details of these
outbreaks showing numbers of positive cases discovered and faecal
specimens examined from actual and suspected cases is given below.
In addition to these outbreaks there were other unrelated cases
for which formal notifications were received. All cases were closely
followed up and where considered necessary bacteriological examination
of stools specimens from family contacts was made.
Date
Outbreak
No. of cases
discovered
No. of specimens
examined from
cases and contacts
May
July
July
July
September
October
1
2
3
4
5
6
50
9
8
17
Nil
39
414
44
37
78
12
330
Influenza
The number of deaths from Influenza was 18 compared with
58 in 1957, 30 in 1956 and 30 in 1955.
Influenzal Pneumonia and Acute Primary Pneumonia
These are the notifiable forms of pneumonia.
Sixty-seven cases of acute influenzal pneumonia and 182 cases of
acute primary pneumonia were notified. Nine of the former, and 37
of the latter died.
The total number of deaths credited to all forms of pneumonia
during the year was 295, compared with 252 in 1957.