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Measles.
34 cases were admitted. One child, aged 1 year, suffering from
broncho-pneumonia, died within 2 hours of admission.
All the cases were treated with M & B 693 and this fact may
account for the almost complete absence of complications.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
14 patients suffering from this disease were admitted and there
were 2 deaths. Both of these patients, aged 16 months, died within
an hour or two of admission.
Two cases on admission were found to be suffering from
Landry's Paralysis. This is an exceedingly rare form of paralysis,
often ending fatally when the respiratory muscles become involved.
Both cases were immediately transferred to the Central Middlesex
Hospital, in order to secure treatment by means of Drinker's
Apparatus, or, as it is more commonly called,—"the Iron Lung."
A most satisfactory feature was the response, .in some cases
remarkable, to treatment with M & B 693.
Bacteriological examinations were carried out at the Ministry
of Health's Regional Laboratory at Ealing.
(Sgd.) H. L. SPARROW,
Medical Superintendent.