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Enteric Fever.
Four notifications of typhoid fever were received. Subsequently
two were withdrawn, one in favour of pneumonia and the
other of tuberculosis. The two cases were of brothers, aged
10 and 9, who fell ill together of paratyphoid fever. Both were
removed to hospital and made an uninterrupted recovery. A boy
of 11 was notified as suffering from " continued fever."
Erysipelas.
26 cases of erysipelas were notified, 16 male and 10 female,
of whom 8 were admitted to hospital, 6 being to Oldchurch Hospital
and 2 to the Isolation Hospital. In a boy of 3 the illness proved
fatal. The face was affected in practically all instances, the head
alone being affected in one, and a leg in another case. 19 out
ol the 26 eases occurred in the six months November to April.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
Three children were notified as suffering from cerebro-spinal
meningitis, one certificate being subsequently withdrawn in
favour of pneumococcal meningitis. A male of 6 was notified in
July and another boy of 2 in September; both cases recovered.
A fatal case occurred in February of a child who had not been
notified during life as suffering from the illness.
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis.
Six children succumbed during the year to poliomyelitis and
another to polioencephalitis. In March a boy of 4 suffered from
a mild attack, in which the paralysis cleared up almost completely.
In the same month a girl of 8 was admitted to hospital with the
complaint and after a period of in-patient treatment, was discharged
with some residual paralysis which necessitated the
bearing of a splint.
In the three months August to October, five cases were
notified, this being the period when the disease was fairly widespread.
A girl of 8 succumbed in August to an acute attack,
and a few days later a boy of 18 months. In September a boy
5 was notified as suffering from polioencephalitis and in October
a girl of 18 months from poliomyelitis. All these children were,
the end of the year, still in hospital. A boy of 4, notified in
october, after a short stay in hospital was discharged with a slight
disability for which massage was required.