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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 1960.
Measles.
Following the epidemic of the previous year only 18 cases of measles
were notified in 1960. These were only of moderate severity and
none required admission to hospital.
Whooping Cough.
Only 33 cases were notified and, of these, there were no cases
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 this satisfactory state of affairs.
Food Poisoning.
Three cases only were notified. One was a child aged six infected
with Salmonella typhimurium, one a woman infected with Salmonella
Newport, and the third a man infected with Salmonella Newport.
There was no connection between any of the cases and no spread
of infection to close contacts.
Suspected food was not available for examination and it was not
possible to trace the source of infection in any case.
Scarlet Fever.
Eighteen cases were notified compared with 49 during the previous
year. The cases were generally mild but in 5 instances admission
to hospital was thought advisable.
Post Infective Encephalitis.
This was the case of a young woman who developed symptoms of
encephalitis three days after she was vaccinated against Smallpox.