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PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
7 cases were notified of which 5 were treated in
hospital, and 2 cases died.
ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS.
3 cases were notified during the year affecting - children
under 10 years of age. 2 cases occurred in one family of whom
one died.
DYSENTERY.
There were 5 cases of Sonne's Dysentery notified. The
sources of infection were inconclusive, and all patients made
a normal recovery.
TYPHOID.
One case was notified. The source of infection was not
discovered and the case made an uneventful recovery.
CEREBROSPINAL FEVER.
5 cases notified during 1941, compared with 10 in the
previous year. No deaths occurred.
MEASLES.
An epidemic of measles which commenced in the autumn of
1940 ran its course until it reached peak in mid-June, 1941,
and almost immediately subsided in July. 645 cases were
notified and 13 cases were removed for hospital treatment.
56 per cent of cases occurred in the 5-10 age group. Contact
in shelters was an additional factor in the spread of infection.
fortunately the infection was generally mild in character
throughout the epidemic, and there were no known cases with
serious after complications except in the case of one death.
WHOOPING COTTAR.
Whooping cough was mildly prevalent throughout the
year - 159. cases being notified. 6 patients were treated in
hospital. There was no mortality.