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The third case was a 20 year old woman who became ill
ten days after arriving in this country on holiday from
India. No other cases arose and it seems that the
infection was contracted abroad.
Plague
No cases were notified.
Poliomyelitis
No cases were notified.
Relapsing Fever
No cases were notified.
Scarlet Fever
90 cases were notified.
Smallpox
No cases were notified.
57 persons arrived by air who were unable to produce
valid certificates of vaccination and they were kept
under surveillance for 16 days after possible contact.
Tetanus
No cases were notified.
Tuberculosis
During the year 124 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and
69 cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified
(the figures for last year were 145 and 61 respectively).
Typhoid Fever
One case of typhoid fever was notified in an 11 year old
boy. The usual control measures were instituted and a
large number of contacts traced. Pupils in the same class
as the patient, teachers and fellow passengers on school
buses were excluded until considered free from possible
infection.
Before he became ill the boy had stayed with a family in
the Midlands. Investigations in this household were made
and a carrier was found. Although the visit was made
several weeks before the symptoms arose there seems
little doubt that the boy was infected during that time.
Typhus
No cases were notified.
Whooping Cough
There were 69 cases notified.
Yellow Fever
No cases were notified.
Full statistical information is set out in Table 1 at the
end of this report.