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Scarlet Fever:-36 patients were admitted in the following age
groups:-0-4 years-12 cases; 5 and 6 years - 11 cases; 7-15
years - 10 cases and adults 3 cases. Complications consisted of
two cases each of appendicitis and skin fissures, and one case
each of conjunctivitis, stomatitis, bronchitis, pharyngitis, and
herpes simplex. Co-existing diseases consisted of one case each
of asthma, chicken-pox and chronic adenitis.
Dysentery:-22 cases were admitted in the following age groups:0-1
year-one case; 1-4 years-13 cases; 5-15 yearsone
case; Adults-7 cases. 7 cases came from their own homes, 5
from communal dwellings, 3 from hospitals, 3 from residential
schools, and two from nurseries. Co-existing illnesses were one
case each of pneumonia, arthritis, mastoiditis, appendicitis,
anaemia, sinusitis, ringworm, myocardiac degeneration and
pulmonary oedema. Among the dysentery organisms isolated 10 were
resistant to ampicillin, 4 to streptomycin and 3 to tetracycline.
One death occurred in a lady of 81 years.
Pneumonia:-12 cases were admitted in the following age groups:0-1
year-2 cases; 1-4 years-6 cases; 5-15 years-1
case; Adults-3 cases. 8 of the 12 cases were admitted in the
first quarter of the year. 5 of the 12 cases had to be given
oxygen on admission.
Infective Hepatitis:-The 10 cases admitted at various ages
between 6 and 43 years. The latter patient, a woman, was the
only severe case encountered. After 58 days in hospital she was
discharged still having a raised serum bilirubin and glucose
pyruvate transaminase. There was one anicteric case.
Meningitis and Encephalitis:-The 9 cases admitted under this
category can be classified as follows:-Coxsackie B5 meningitis
4, Meningitis due to an unknown virus-2. Meningococcal Meningitis-1,
Haemophilis Influenza Meningitis-1. Encephalitis
due to an unknown virus-1. This latter case was the most
severe and resulted in damage to the brain and visual tracts.
The haemophilis influenza case was also severe and accompanied
by a high degree of anaemia.