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Only one case required treatment with a respirator and one
postural drainage. There were no deaths. Of the cases with spinal
paralysis, five fully recovered before leaving isolation, and of
the remainder only two had paralysis sufficiently severe to
indicate probable permanent weakness. An unusual feature was the
number of cases, both paralytic and non-paralytic, in which the
cell count in the C.S.F. was sufficiently raised to produce a
definitely turbid fluid. There was the usual seasonal incidence,
23 of the 29 cases occurring in the months August-November inclusive.
Food Poisoning:- Salmonella typhi-murium infections, as usual,
predominated. The organism was isolated in 16 out of the total
of 20 cases, occurring in three groups of associated cases and 6
unassociated cases. The four remaining infections were Salmonella
Newport 1, Salmonella Weltevreden 1, no pathogens isolated 2. As
in previous years, the convalescent carrier state remained
troublesomely persistent and apparently unaffected by medication.
Whooping Cough:- 14 of the 16 cases were admitted in the months
June-August inclusive. There were 6 cases under one year, of
whom 2 were under 4 months and 3 between 1 and 2 years of age.
There was one fatal case, a baby who developed gastro-enteritis
as a fatal complication.
Other Infections:- Three of the four cases of meningitis treated
were meningococcal and the fourth a pyogenic type of meningitis
in which the organism was not isolated. The three paratyphoid B
infections came from widely separated areas. The typhoid case
was not a recent infection but a recrudescence in the form of a
typhoid abscess.
Chronic Sick Ward:- There were 16 admissions classified as
follows; -
Senility - 7; Hemiplegia - 3; Heart Disease - 2; Pneumonia - 2;
Parkinsonism - 1; Urinary Infection - 1.
Fatal Cases:- There were 19 deaths as follows:- ten deaths from
pulmonary tuberculosis and one death each from measles, whooping
cough, pneumonia, carcinoma of the lung, haemorrhagic pancreatitis,
paralysis agitans, myocardiac degeneration, hemiplegia
and senility.