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10. INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Notifications from general practitioners of infectious diseases
in the 5-14 year age group were as follows:—
1957 1956
Measles 753 286
Whooping Cough 113 185
Scarlet Fever 70 75
Pneumonia 2 6
Dysentery 4 21
Tuberculosis 7 2
Food Poisoning 17 4
Erysipelas — 2
Poliomyelitis 8 —
Meningococcal Infection 1 —
975 581
Flexner Dysentery at Higham Hill Schools.
Case Sex Age Class at School Onset Remarks
1. F 7 yrs. 16 11.1.57 Notified as a case of food
poisoning treated at home;
Flexner Type Z. (a baby
brother aged nine months
became infected 19.1.57).
2. M 7 yrs. 16 Admitted to hospital 21.4.57
as a case of suspect appendicitis;
Flexner Type
X.
3. M 7 yrs. 13 13.4.57 Admitted to same hospital
as a case of ? encephalitis
? meningitis; Flexner
Type X.
During January and February nine other children from this
school and four others from the associated infants' school were
examined with negative results.
After the diagnosis of the first case and in view of the unsatisfactory
sanitary and washing accommodation at this particular
school, hand basins were placed in each classroom so that children
could rinse their hands in a solution of Eenzalkonium chloride after
using the sanitary accommodation.
Cases 2 and 3 were brought to notice during the school holidays
and after consultation with the medical staff of the Ministry of
Health it was decided to notify all parents during the school
vacation as to the position and urge them not to present for readmission
any child who had suffered from diarrhoea or bowel
irregularity during the school holidays. Such children were not to