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this service became the responsibility of the Essex CountyCouncil
vide Section 26 of the National Health Service Act,
1948.
(b) Scarlet Fever.- 327 cases occurred in 1959.
There were no deaths from this disease. Only 23 cases were
admitted to hospital, the remainder being nursed at home.
(c) Diphtheria.- No cases occurred in 1959. This is
the eighth successive year in which it has been possible to
record a clean "bill of health" for this disease in Ilford.
(d) Ophthalmia Neonatorum.- No cases occurred in
1959.
The following figures show the number of cases of
Ophthalmia Neonatorum notified during the past five years:
1955, nil; 1956, 7; 1957, 6; 1958, 1; 1959, nil. No cases
of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were due to gonococcal infection.
(e) Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid).- One
case occurred in 1959. The patient, an infant, aged 1 year
4 months, was admitted to Hospital and made an uneventful
recovery.
(f) Acute Poliomyelitis.- Six cases occurred during
1959. They were males of 18, 3 and 2¾ years and females
of 15½, 14 and 11 years of age respectively. All were admitted
to Hospital (5 to Chadwell Heath Hospital- 3 were
subsequently transferred to the Special Unit at Rush Green
Hospital- and 1 to the Australasian Hospital). One patient,
a female of 14 years, died, three others suffered some
paralysis and were receiving physiotherapy treatment and
the remaining two cases recovered without complications.
(g) Acute Encephalitis. - No cases occurred in 1959.
(h) Meningococcal Infection.- Two cases were reported-males
of 4½ years and 11 months respectively. Both
were admitted to hospital and made satisfactory recovery.
(i) Pneumonia-Influenzal and Primary.- The number
of cases which occurred during 1959 was 184 compared
with 141 in 1958.
(j) Tuberculosis.- During 1959 there were 58 new
notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 5 of other forms