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Paratyphoid Fever.
Four cases of Paratyphoid Fever were notified during the year, compared with
one in 1953.
Details of the cases are as follows:-
Case No. 1.
An elderly lady aged 73 years was admitted to a London Nursing Home suffering
from a heart condition and Pneumonia. Eight days after admission she had an attack
of diarrhoea and vomiting. Bacteriological examination showed an infection with
Salmonella Paratyphi B. She died soon after admission to Isolation Hospital, The
cause of death was Paratyphoid Enteritis associated with Arteriosclerosis and
senility.
Case No. 2.
A man aged 42 years with a five year history of Colitis and Anaemia was admitted
to hospital on 19th October, 1954, and notified as Paratyphoid B on 4th November, 1954.
Case No.3.
A woman aged 57 years; bacteriological examination found her to be infected with
Salmonella Paratyphi B and she was admitted to Isolation Hospital.
Investigation of the case and the contacts revealed no explanation for her
infection.
Case No. 4.
A baby boy aged 15 months was admitted to hospital on 5th December, 1954, for
observation.
Salmonella Paratyphi B was diagnosed later.
The child was discharged from hospital on 16th December, 1954.
Psittacosis.
In January, 1954, a woman and her daughter were admitted to hospital with
Glandular Fever and Virus Pneumonia They were discharged in February and the final
diagnosis in the case of the daughter was Psittacosis.
The attention of the Public Health Department was drawn to the cases after
their discharge.
Enquiries revealed that these people had bought a budgerigar from a dealer in
Hendon.
This bird died in December 1953 and was replaced by another from the same dealer,
which died in January 1954.
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