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SECTIONS C, D, &. E.— SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
The report of the Chief Public Health Inspector is included in
Sections C, D, and E, of the Appendix, and reference to these indicates
the large volume and varied nature of the work carried out by
the Staff of the Health Department.
SECTION F.— PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
(Civilians only).
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
The table in Section F sets out the number of cases of infectious
diseases notified during 1959.
Measles.
The expected epidemic of measles occurred in the Spring and 555
cases were notified. Generally they were not severe, but 6 were
considered to require hospital treatment. There were no deaths.
Whooping Cough.
Only 30 cases were notified and, of these, 2 were severe enough to
require admission to hospital.
Poliomyelitis.
There was not a single case of poliomyelitis in the district during
the year. The incidence throughout the country was low. Vaccination
of a high proportion of children against the disease may have played
an important part in the satisfactory state of affairs.
Dysentery.
Sixteen cases were notified and all except one were due to the
organism Shigella sonnei.
There was a small outbreak at a general hospital which involved
six children and a nurse, otherwise the cases were confined to individual
households.
In one case a young woman was notified suffering from dysentery
but the causal organism was not isolated.