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Eight cases occurred, 1 adult and 7 children, whose ages ranged from 4 months
to 14 years
The cases were spread amongst seven families
Recent research into the spread of this type of dysentery shows that the disease
is most easily spread when the temperature is low, humidity high and there is a lack of sunligt
Food Poisoning
Twenty-four notifications of food poisoning were received during 1956, six less
than in 1955.
The cases were distributed throughout the year as follows,-
First Quarter. Second Quarter Third Quarter, Fourth Quarter. TOTAL.
3 3 11 7 24
In fourteen cases the organism was identified as salmonella typhi murium and in
the remaining ten the cause of the infection was unknown
The cases occurred in different families scattered throughout the Borough.
Paratyphoid Fever.
Six cases of paratyphoid fever were notified during the year compared with 1 in
1955
These cases were isolated ones and were spread throughout the Borough with no
common source of infection
Oie of the patients had returned to this country from Egypt, just prior to notification,
another had been on holiday at the seaside, one was a doctor on the medical
staff of a hospital and another a school teacher
The remaining two cases were children
Diphtheria
One case of diphtheria occurred during the year. This was a mild case in a young
adult who was removed to Isolation Hospital on 14th December, 1956.
The patient had not been immunised
Prior to this, the last case to be notified in Hendon was in 1953
The following table shows the number of cases and the deaths from diphtheria
since the inception of the immunisation scheme in 1935:-
28