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Para Typhoid Fever.
1 case was notified during the year.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
6 cases were notified during the year, of which 3 were
from Bexleyheath Maternity Hospital, where they were
isolated and treated. 2 cases were removed to other hospitals
and one case was isolated at home.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There were no cases notified during the year.
Measles.
459 cases were notified during the year. 4 cases were
treated in hospital
Whooping Cough.
345 cases were notified, 2 of which were treated in
hospital. There was one death of an unnotified case.
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis.
8 Paralytic cases were notified and 6 were treated in
hospital.
There were no deaths.
Scabies.
4 cases were notified during the year.
Food Poisoning.
10 cases were notified during the year. Of these 5 were
sporadic cases.
2 Outbreaks occurred. One of three cases and one of
two cases.
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In one outbreak the agent identified was the
staphylococcus (Coagulase positive).
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