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DYSENTERY
These notifications decreased to 127 compared with
261 in 1960. Again they were all of a very mild type
which cleared up within a few days.
ERYSIPELASo
Six cases were notified.
FOOD POISONING.
Of the 15 cases notified the causative organism was
identified as Salmonella typhimurium in 5 cases. In 7
the cause was unknown and the remaining 3 proved not to
be cases.
MALARIA,
One case occurred in a man of 37 years who was an
airline pilot.
MEASLES,
1961 was an epidemic year and there were 3,250 cases
notified.
MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION,
One case was notified.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM,
Two cases were notified. Both cleared up without
impairment to vision.
PARATYPHOID FEVER,
One case occurred in a boy of 15 years following his
return from holiday in Spain with a school party. Faeces
examinations were carried out on all the members of the
party with negative results.
PNEUMONIA,
70 cases occurred compared with 46 in the previous
year.
POLIOMYELITIS,
There were two confirmed cases. The first was a man
aged 30 years with facial paralysis following a tonsillectomy
operation and the second was a girl of 9 years
with non-paralytic poliomyelitis.