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Sonne Dysentery
146 cases occurred during the year, 101 of these and 44
carriers being in an outbreak involving a number of schools in the
borough, and 23 cases and 7 carriers in an outbreak at a hospital staff
nursery. The other 22 cases were isolated incidents.
Paratyphoid
The case of paratyphoid occurred in a boy aged 13 years who
became ill a few days after returning from Switzerland. Investigations
indicated that he contracted the infection abroad.
Smallpox (Variola Minor)
A number of cases of this disease occurred during the first
half of the year in the Midlands and South Wales, resulting in several
requests for assistance in diagnosis, where there was a possibility
of smallpox. These calls were from family doctors practising in the
area and fortunately none of the cases proved to be smallpox.
A tape recording and slides taken of some of the cases in
the Birmingham area were demonstrated at a meeting in the Postgraduate
Medical Centre at Kingston Hospital in September.

Laboratory Service
Bacteriological and viral specimens are dealt with by the
Public Health Laboratory at Epsom and also by Kingston Hospital Laboratory.