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MEASLES
Six hundred and sixty-nine notifications of Measles were received
in the Public Health Department during 1951, as compared with 318 and
302 in 1950 and 1949 respectively.
POLIOMYELITIS
Two notifications of Poliomyelitis came to hand, only one of which
was subsequently confirmed; the latter was of a non-paralytic type, and
the patient, after receiving hospital treatment, and subsequent discharge,
has enjoyed good health. There were three confirmed cases in 1950.
SCARLET FEVER
The figures for the year showed a very great improvement, only
twenty-nine notifications being received, representing only about 53.0
per cent of those notified in 1950 ( 55).
DYSENTERY
There was also a welcome decline in the notifications of Dysentery
received-95 as compared with 117 in 1950.
It must be stressed that practically 95 per cent of the sufferers
were residents of institutions not controlled by this authority. The
premises concerned were of a type not conducive to the adequate control
of the persons amongst whom this disease was rife, and the Borough Council
has been at great pains to bring about the eradication of the incidence
of dysentery.