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Throat swab for pathogenic organisms
including diphtheria and haemolytic
streptococci 3 Negative.
Scab Smears Smallpox
Complement Fixation Test Negative for variola-vaccinia
group.
Egg Culture Negative for variola-vaccinia
group.
In the above group are seen several cases of Bact coli infection.
These were found in an outbreak of Enteritis in a Nursery. The
positive cases were admitted to Farnborough Hospital. One baby
of 3 months died after admission to hospital. In the Nursery, one
baby of two months found to have Type 026 was cleared, only to be
reinfected with Type 0127. Two twin sisters negative on admission,
apparently became infected 9 days later. Full investigation revealed
no obvious link between the cases ; the whole episode dragged out
for a month, and in February ended as abruptly as it commenced
following the excellent work of the medical staff in arranging investigation,
isolation and treatment. Helpful advice was received from the
Epidemiological Section of the Ministry of Health.
The examination of scab smears was carried out on an Indian of
32 years, recently returned from abroad with an illness that was
clinically diagnosed as confluent chickenpox. Two other children
shewed signs of a milder attack.
No particular food was incriminated in the investigations of Food
Poisoning outbreaks. The organism was identified as Salmonella
Typhi-Murium in one family outbreak affecting a mother and two
children, and again in two other unrelated cases.
At the beginning of this Section, reference was made to Poliomyelitis.
It is of interest to set out for the past 8 years, the age
distribution of Poliomyelitis. During this period there were 4 deaths
(paralytic cases) in 1952, 1956, 1957 and 1958, in the proportion of
3 males to 1 female. The ages were 15, 32, 33 and 33 respectively.