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SECTION F.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
General.
One thousand, eight hundred and ninety notifications of
infectious diseases were received during the year, a large increase on
the 498 notifications recorded during 1958. This is accounted for by
the number of cases of measles which reached a figure of 1,570
during the year compared with a mere 74 in 1958.
Despite a year in which weather conditions would appear to
have been ideal for encouraging its spread, the number of cases of
anterior poliomyelitis, namely, four was exactly the same as in the
previous year. Of these cases, two were paralytic and two nonparalytic.
There were no major outbreaks of any other infectious disease
and most of the cases reported were of a mild type.
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis and Vaccination.
During the year, only four cases were notified, the same figure
as was recorded in the previous year.
Two cases were confirmed as being paralytic and two nonparalytic,
and all were admitted to hospital. No deaths from this
disease were recorded.