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Salmonella Infections:- Admissions were confined to five children
and two adults. There were two cases each of S. typhi-murium
and S. infantis and one each of S. Bredeney, S. give, and
S. Stanley. All infections appeared to occur independently. Drug
resistances shown were streptomycin-5 cases, tetracycline-4
cases and one case each in respect of sulphonamide, colamycin
and chloramphenicol. Two cases were still carriers on discharge
from hospital.
Meningo-encephalitis:- Some cases have already been described
in connection with the foregoing infections. The full list is
as follows:- Rubella Meningo-encephalitis-2; Chicken-poi
Meningo-encephalitis-1; Glandular Fever Meningo-encephalitis1;
Mumps Meningo-encephalitis-1; E. C.H. 0. Virus type 6-1. In
addition, there were three cases of benign lymphocytic Meningitis
and one of pyogenic meningitis in which the nature of the infecting
organism could not be ascertained.
Other Infections:- The Typhoid patient, 61 years, suffered from
chronic ill-health arising from myocardiac degeneration, ulcerated
legs and cerebral thrombosis. These conditions obscured any
symptoms that might be due to the typhoid infection. No recent
possible source of infection was known and the patient may have
been only a carrier. The Diphtheria patient, a boy 6 years,
after a throat swab was reported positive for K.L.B. was admitted
with the appearance of mild faucial diphtheria. He later
showed tenderness of the heels presumably due to neuritis. There
were no associated cases.
for detailed figures see appendices, pages 120, 121.