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Measles.
Notifications for the year numbered 656, there being
one death. There were 1284 oases in 1952.
Meningococcal Infection.
There were 8 notifications and 3 deaths during the year,
compared with 3 notifications and 2 deaths last.year.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Of the 24 cases notified, 12. "belonged to Stepney.
Paratyphoid Fever.
One case of Paratyphoid B occurred during the year.
The case was a child of 3 years of age: result of bacteriological
examination negative; Widal positive. No source of
infection was discovered, but the family had been abroad in
Helsinki, Finland, earlier in the year. The case recovered.
One of a party of children returning from a holiday in
Switzerland subsequently developed paratyphoid. The patient
was not a resident of the Borough, but two other members of
the party living in the Borough were kept under supervision.
About the same time a child (not a Stepney resident) from
another party which returned from a holiday in France was
admitted to the London Hospital suffering from the same
disease.
Poliomyelitis.
There were 7 confirmed cases of poliomyelitis in the
Borough. Last year there were 9 confirmed cases and 1 death.
Pneumonia.
Of the various forms of pneumonia, only acute primary
and acute influenzal are notifiable. 78 cases were notified
during the year, compared with 63 last year.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
There were 98 notifications during the year, compared
with 96 in 1952. Of the 98 cases notified, 44 were residents
of the Borough.
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