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Prevalence and control of Infectious Disease
The following table gives the total number of infectious diseases notified
during 1970 together with the figures for 1969 for comparison. The full table is contained
in the Appendix to this report.
Infectious Diseases Notified during the period 1st January 1970 - 31st December 1970.
Disease 1970
Diphtheria - ( - )
Dysentery 54 (21)
Encephalitis 1 ( 3)
Food Poisoning 6 ( 4)
Infective Jaundice 43 (16)
Malaria - ( - )
Measles 387 (369)
Meningococcal Meningitis 1 ( - )
Ophthalmia Neonatorium 1 ( - )
Paratyphoid 1 (,- )
Poliomyelitis - ( - )
Scarlet Fever 74 ( 85)
Smallpox - ( - )
Typhoid - ( 2)
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) 28 ( 19)
Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) 4 ( 5)
Whooping Cough 52 (19)
Infectious Diseases
It will be noted that there were no cases of diphtheria or poliomyelitis during
the year, undoubtedly due to the fact that the great majority of parents have their
children immunised against these diseases early in life.
There was an increase in the number of dysentery cases but the total is not
significant. Many of the cases notified were family contacts of the original case.
There has been an increase in the number of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
most of whom were in the later years of life. There were no cases amongst members of the
staff and it was not necessary to carry out any investigations at schools for the sixth
successive year.
I have referred to the number of cases of measles in my introduction.
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