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Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever.
There were 2 cases of paratyphoid fever notified during
the year and both were treated in hospital.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
9 cases were notified during the year, of which 5 were
from Bexleyheath Maternity Hospital, where they were
isolated and treated. No cases were removed to other
hospitals and 4 cases were isolated at home.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There were no cases notified during the year.
Measles.
1,762 cases were notified during the year. 5 cases were
treated in hospital.
Whooping Cough.
176 cases were notified, 1 of which was treated in
hospital.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
8 Paralytic cases and 13 Non-Paralytic cases were
notified and with the exception of 1 Non-Paralytic case
treated at home, all were treated in hospital. There were
no deaths.
Scabies.
5 cases notified during the year.
Food Poisoning.
14 cases were notified during the year, all were treated
at home.
Malaria.
2 cases were notified, both were contracted abroad.
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