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Malaria, Dysentery and Pneumonia.
Malaria, Dysentery and Pneumonia.
The number of cases of these diseases notified under
the Public Health (Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery, etc.)
Regs., 1918, were 40 of malaria, 5 of dysentery, 33 of
influenzal pneumonia and 30 of primary pneumonia
All the casts notified were investigated by the staff of
the Public Health Department. All the cases of malaria
and dysentery were found to be men who had developed
the disease while on military service abroad.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
Three cases of Cerebro-spinal Fever were notified,
one, a girl 14 years of age, was notified on the 25th
October, another, a boy 7 years of age, on the 1st
November and the third, a girl 2 years of age, was notified
on the same date. The first case was not related in
any way to the other two, but there appeared to be
some relationship between the second and third cases
whose houses were only 100 yards apart.
The first case developed on the 19th October with
severe headache and rise in temperature. These
symptoms continued together with loss of power in the
legs until seen by the Medical Officer of Health on the
24th October. On this date Kernig's sign was marked
and movement of the legs caused great pain. She
retained her mental acuity throughout her illness, the
symptoms being referable to the spinal tract. On
discharge from the Hospital she had paralysis of both
legs. No bacteriological examination was made of the
spinal fluid and naso-pharyngeal swabs proved negative.
The case. however, was typical.
Attention was drawn to the second case through
information obtained by the investigation of the third.