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Infectious Disease.
Four cases of Diphtheria were notified during the year. Two
in children 1-2 years; one between 3 and 4 years and one between
10 and 14 years. Of these cases, the last only was considered to be
Diphtheria and it occurred in a boy who had been immunised but
was due for a boost dose. There were no deaths from Diphtheria
in immunised or non-immunised persons..
The number of cases of measles notified were 439, with two
deaths, one in a child who was mentally backward (imbecile) and
the other in a child who died under an operation for appendicitis,.
and measles was considered a contributory cause of death.
The case notified as Dysentery was on arrival at hospital diagnosed
as enteritis, and salmonella typhi murium was isolated.
Sixteen cases of Poliomyelitis were notified and three others
were admitted to hospital as suspected Poliomyelitis,, but the diagnosis
was not confirmed.. There were four deaths at ages 4 years
a months, 4 years, 6 months, and 11 months. The four-year-old
child was at school the day before he died, and the brother, six
days after his brother was taken ill, was notified as suffering from
Poliomyelitis. The brother, who was aged 6 years 4 months
recovered.
The ages of those who were affected but recovered were one
under a year, one 11/4 years old, three 2 years old, one 3i years old,
three 4 years old, one 6 years, old and one 9 years old.
There were two adults—one female who worked at a hospital
suffered a mild attack and the remaining case is interesting, being
an adult male whose wife was working in the "Polio" ward of
a large fever hospital.
Another interesting case is that of a child who was taken ill
at a holiday camp, saw the Camp Doctor who prescribed a tonic,
and a few days after arriving home became weak in her limbs.
The first case occurred in September and the last case on the
27th December.
The majority of cases (10) were in the months of October.
3 in November and 3 in December.
Two cases of food poisoning were notified in two separate
families in which infection was not due to association. One boy
came home ill from holiday camp and the salmonella typhi murium
was isolated from the stool.