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Immunisation against diphtheria is still vitally important if our
present immunity to the disease is to be maintained.
Dysentery.
Seven cases of dysentery were notified during the year, one being
admitted to hospital. This shows a considerable improvement compared
with the previous year, when 61 cases were notified. The
disease has been of the very mild Sonne type.
No deaths from this disease were recorded.
Food Poisoning.
A total of twenty-three cases were notified in 1961, one being
admitted to hospital. All were single cases. There were no outbreaks
of the disease, and the number of notifications was fewer than in
1960, when 74 cases were reported.
The absence of outbreaks reflects creditably on the standards of
food hygiene and food handling in the district.
Salmonella was isolated in one case.
No deaths from this disease were recorded.
The following is a copy of the annual return forwarded to the
Ministry of Health:
Notifications (corrected):
(1) First Quarter 1
Second Quarter 1
Third Quarter —
Fourth Quarter 21
23
(2) Cases otherwise ascertained Nil
(3 Symptomless Excreters Nil
(4) Fatal Cases Nil
(5) Particulars of outbreaks:
No. of cases notified Nil
No. of cases otherwise ascertained Nil
Agent identified:
Staphylococci Nil
C1. Welchii Nil