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The other case had dined at a cafe in London, and
visited a garden party three weeks before her illness, but
investigations failed to prove anything.
With regard to the seven cases notified during 192 6
the first was in a lad in a comfortable home, and no source
could be traced.
The next two cases occurred in young children, one
seven and another three years of age, in which there
appeared to be some doubt as to the diagnosis.
The fourth case was a man of sixty, who was admitted
to the Kingston and District Hospital. This man had been
working at Angmering-on-Sea from July 20th. He first
felt queer on August 6th, and returned to Kingston on
August 11th, when he came under medical supervision, and
was definitely notified as suffering from paratyphoid B on
August 26th. He stated that at Angmering the drinkingwater
at the cottage where he was living was drawn from
a pump which was very dirty. In answer to enquiries, no
positive evidence was forthcoming, and no other cases
were reported at Angmering.
The next two cases occurred in two brothers, and it
was ascertained that they were in the habit of bathing in
the Hogg's Mill River at a spot where the effluent of the
Maiden Sewage Works enters the stream. There had been
no cases of Enteric Fever at Maiden.
The last case notified was a man of fifty-five, who had
been ill for six months and gave a negative Widal Reaction.
He died, and from tactful investigation it would appear
probable that the diagnosis in this case was very doubtful.
Disinfection was carried out in these cases.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Cases of Tuberculosis notified in the Borough come
under the administrative control of the Surrey County
Council.
Every effort is made to assist the County Medical
Officer and Tuberculosis Officer in their activities in the
area.
A special campaign was undertaken in 1924 in order to
check the whereabouts of all tuberculosis patients whose
names still appeared in the Register.