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Dysentery.
In May, a notification was received of a boy of 12 suffering
from the Sonne type of bacillary. dysentery. He had been
admitted to a hospital some ten weeks previously for some other
condition.
Erysipelas.
18 cases of erysipelas were notified, 7 male and 11 female,
of whom 9 were admitted to hospital, 8 being to Oldchurch
Hospital. In a child of two years of age the illness proved fatal.
Most of the infections occurred in the autumn, lhe leg was
affected in 6 cases, the face in 8 and the head in 4.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
In September a notification was received that a boy of 15
months was suffering from cerebro-spinal meningitis. The illness
proved fatal.
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis.
One case, a boy of two years of age, was notified in January as
suffering from poliomyelitis. After a period of in-patient treatment
he made a good recovery.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
In September a girl of seven was notified as suffering from acute
encephalitis lethargica and was admitted to hospital. A fatal
case occurred in May in a man of 32 who had been suffering for the
previous two months.
Smallpox.
66 cases of smallpox were notified during the year, being
practically limited to the first three months of the year. Many
°f the infections were attributable to three main sources.
In the 1930 report an account was given of a number of cases
occurring in the latter part of November and through December,
through a school infection, due primarily to a case being mistaken
for one of chickenpox. A few cases occurred early in 1931 as home
infections secondary to some of the patients in 1930. A child,
whose onset was 6 /1 /31, was probably associated with these cases.
She was detected by a case occurring at the end of January, this
child infecting another, who then passed the disease on to his
mother.
14 cases occurred as the result of an attack in a child being
d'agnosed as chickenpox. On 16/1/31 a boy D.V. was notified as
suffering from smallpox. One brother and one sister were found
also suffering and all were removed. A sister had suffered from a