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Puerperal Pyrexia
The total number of cases notified during the year was 29, all
of which occurred at the North Middlesex Hospital Annexe in The
Bishops Avenue.
Food Poisoning
Two cases of Food Poisoning were notified during the year. Both
were single cases, and Salmonella typhi-murium was discovered to be
the agent in each case.
Influenza
At the beginning of October, it appeared from information
received from General Practitioners, Schools, chemists and local
industries that an outbreak of influenza was developing in the area.
The illness was mild, lasting only a few days and the symptoms were
usually headache and rise in temperature to 100°F, or more frequently
accompanied by muscle pains, sore throat and gastric upsets.
The outbreak reached its peak about the middle of the month,
and by early November the epidemic had reached its conclusion with
only the "odd case" occurring.
During the month of October there was a marked increase in the
number of Influenzal Pneumonia notifications, 15 cases being notified.
There was one death from this cause in a child aged 2½ months, and
also two deaths from Influenzal Pneumonia in old people.
Miscellaneous
The following cases were also notified:—
Dysentery 7
Erysipelas 4
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 3
Smallpox
Three cases of smallpox were notified in the nearby Borough of
Tottenham. As a result, 16 contacts were visited by Public Health
Inspectors and were kept under observation for 16 days. All were
advised to call upon their family doctors should they, at any time
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