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Enteric Fever.
No notifications of this disease were received during the year.
Erysipelas.
29 cases of erysipelas were notified, five of whom were admitted
to Rush Green Isolation Hospital and 9 to other hospitals. One
case proved fatal.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
There were no cases of this disease notified during the year.
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis.
One case was notified, being a child under 5, who was admitted
to hospital and this case did not prove fatal.
Acute Polio Encephalitis.
Acute polio encephalitis occurred in 3 instances, all the cases
being admitted to hospital and none terminated fatally.
Amoebic Dysentery.
A case was notified of a male of 43 in June. On enquiries
being made it was found that the man contracted dysentery during
army service in France in 1916 and he was discharged as being a
carrier.
Undulant Fever.
A case was notified by a physician at a large London hospital
in February. Investigation showed that the onset occurred in
Member, 1933. It was not possible to ascertain the true cause
of the disease ; the milk supply was satisfactory, but information
was volunteered that the patient frequently drank quantities of
raw milk. Unfortunately it was not possible to gain any
information after the patient was admitted to hospital.
Pneumonia.
112 cases of primary and 24 cases of influenzal pneumonia
wrer notified; of this total number of 136, 69 were removed to
hospital and 100 deaths were registered as due to one or other of
these types of the disease.
Pneumonia is notifiable only when it occurs as a primary
disease or is of influenzal origin. Secondary pneumonias are not
notifiable. From the comparatively large number of deaths
registered as compared with those notified, it is evident that in