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nursery school outbreak in February. Twenty eight cases, involving
twenty families, were sporadic, three cases occurred in connection with
outbreaks outside the Borough, and one case occurred in a laboratory
worker.
Sonne Dysentery is a highly infectious form of gastro-enteritis
The infection is spread by faecal contamination of hands, objects, and in
particular, lavatory seats. Prevention depends on the washing of hands
after use of the W.C. and on the efficient cleansing of communal W.C.'s
in schools and public places.
It is most desirable that all cases of diarrhoea should be checked
bacteriologically.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. No case was notified.
Meningococcal Infection. No case was notified.
Poliomyelitis. 1960 was the second successive year the Borough
has been free from this infection since 1944. The number of cases in
England and Wales generally also declined still further during this year.
As it seems very probable that poliomyelitis vaccination is largely
responsible, all persons under the age of forty should seek protection in
order that this happy state may long continue.
During the year approximately two thousand, six hundred and ninety
four persons were vaccinated against Poliomyelitis in the following groups.
(1) Persons born 1942 - 1960 1006
(2) Persons born 1933 - 1941 236
(3) Persons born 1920 - 1932 1320
(4) Other priority groups 132
In addition, seven thousand, five hundred and thirty four persons
received third injections.
Acute Encephalitis. One case of Post-infectious Encephalitis
occurred in a man of forty four, twelve days after an attack of Chicken Pox.
He was admitted to hospital, but recovery was uneventful.
Pneumonia. There were forty five deaths from Pneumonia in 1960,
compared with forty three in 1959. Nine cases of Pneumonia were notified
in 1960, compared with sixty seven in 1959. Two were cases of Influenzal
Pneumonia.
Non-Notifiable Diseases. School teachers reported two hundred and
nineteen cases of Mumps, three hundred and fifty four cases of Chicken Pox,
and nine cases of German Measles. School returns are a useful index of
the prevalence of non-notifiable diseases and are a basis for consultation
with the school medical officer.
Infestations. One case of suspected Scabies, and four cases of
infestation by head lice were treated during the year. The total number of
treatments was thirteen.
International Certificates of Vaccination. Six hundred and seventy
six International Certificates of vaccination were scrutinised and
authenticated for six hundred and twenty one persons during the course of
the year.
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