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Typhoid and Para-Typhoid Fever. 43
Typhoid and Para-Typhoid Fever.
One case of typhoid and five cases of para-typhoid
fever were notified during the year. The case of typhoid
fever, which was confirmed by blood examination,
occurred in a child 4 years of age, no source of infection
being ascertainable. Of the cases of para-typhoid fever
all were females, the ages being 16, 19, 28, 30 and 34.
There was found to be no evidence of infection between
the cases, which occurred in widely separated parts of
the town, and at wide intervals of time. All the cases
were confirmed by blood test and found to be paratyphoid
B. One case might have had its origin on the
Continent, from which she had arrived sixteen days
before the symptoms developed. No source of infection
could be discovered in the other cases.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Only one case of encephalitis lethargica was notified
during the year. This was the case of a student, 27
years of age, who presented fairly typical symptoms of
the disease. He was removed to a general hospital in
London, where he made a good recovery.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
Four cases of cerebro-spinal fever were notified during
the year. Two occurred in January, one in September
and one in December. Those occurring in January were
a man, 36 years of age, who died before he could be
removed to the Isolation Hospital from the King Edward
Hospital where he had been admitted, and a boy of