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The number of cases of measles was higher than was expected
in view of the high incidence during the previous year. The course
of the illness was mild; only 6 cases being serious enough to require
admission to hospital.
Whooping Cough maintained a reasonably low level. Unfort'
unately there were two deaths caused by this disease complicated
by pneumonia.
Six cases of poliomyelitis occurred during the year. Two were
nonparalytic cases who made uneventful recoveries. Two were
moderately severe cases and two were dangerously ill. Of the two
severe cases one was a boy aged 8 years who had undergone an
operation for the removal of tonsils 12 days before paralytic symp'
toms commenced. When in hospital he was a contact of a nurse
who developed acute poliomyelitis and died in another district. The
boy became dangerously ill but has since made an almost complete
recovery. The other severe case was a woman who suffered
extensive paralysis and is still very considerably handicapped. The
two deaths recorded do not belong to this series of cases. They
relate to patients who contracted the disease during the previous
year. Housing conditions in each case were quite satisfactory. The