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DIPHTHERIA.
The incidence of this disease was again very low, only
7 cases being notified, and of these 1 was not confirmed, the
final diagnoses being quinsy. In only one of these cases was
there a history of contact with another known case and that
occurred outside the District.
The most interesting fact was that all the cases were in
adult women, the youngest being 20 years and the eldest over 60
years of age. It is hoped that we are thus seeing the benefit of
the widely spread artificial immunisation of the younger sections
of the population.
All the cases recovered.
DYSENTERY.
After 3 years in which Dysentery was more prevalent than
usual with 85, 224 and 121 cases mostly in the mental hospitals,
it was gratifying that in 1943 only 21 cases were, notified, all
but one emanating from the two mental hospitals (12 cases in one
and 8 in the other) also that only 2 of the cases occurred in
the second half of the year.
The origin of the isolated case among the general
population could not be traced. It was of a comparatively mild
type and recovery was uninterrupted.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.
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Four casus were notified during the year, one in each of
the following months, .May July, November and December. The
diagnosis proved incorrect in 1 case, (a fatal one due to
Septicaemia), and in the other cases diagnosis was not confirmed
bacterologically, the illnesses proving mild and the cases
recovering without complications.
On the other hand death occurred from this disease in an
unnotified case of a child admitted to a County Hospital.
ENCEPHALITIS LERHARGICA.
One case was notified in an adult male who was employ,
in a mental hospital outside this District. He was admitted ?
hospital and recovered.
ACUTE POLIOMYELITIES.
Three isolated cases of Poliomyelitis were, notified
during the year, one in each of the following months, June,
July and October. Two were admitted to Hospital and subsequently
transferred to other institutions for orthopaedic treatment.
The other recovered completely.
OPHATLMIA NE0NATORUM.
One case only of mild Ophthalmia Neonatorum was notified
in respect of a child born in one of the County Hospitals.
Complete recovery occured with no impairment of vision.
MEASLES.
There were 275 notifications of Measles received under
the Measles and Whooping Cough Notifications Order 1940, compared
with 479 in 1942 and 214 in 1941. As emphasised in the Interim
Report for 1942. the number of notifications received does not
by any means include all the cases which have occurred as many
families do not call in a D or, and if they do so often limit
this procedure to the first case in the house. Further, the
frequent delay between the onset of the disease and the receipt