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ACUTE POLIO-ENCEPHALITIS.
Two cases of this disease occurred during the year—one in
Plashet Road ward and one in Canning Town and Grange ward.
One case was in a male aged 1 year; this patient recovered. The
other was in a female of 50 years; the patient died.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.
The number of cases of this disease which occurred during
the year was 8, of which 6 were males and 2 females. The case
rate was 0.031 per 1,000 living. As is seen in Table I., most of
the cases occurred in the first half of the year. Six of the eight
cases were under 4 years of age. All of the patients were removed
to hospital.
The actual number of deaths from this disease which
occurred during the year was 8, but one of these deaths referred
to a patient who was notified as suffering from cerebro-spinal fever
in 1936. Based on the deaths of cases notified during 1937, the
death rate is 0.27 per 1,000 living, and the fatality rate 87.50 per
cent.
MALARIA.
During the year 5 cases of this disease were notified. In
each instance the disease was believed to have been contracted
abroad. All the patients were seamen and all were admitted to
the Seamen's Hospital. Two of the cases were notified during
the tenth week, two during the twenty-second week, and one
during the thirty-second week. There were no deaths.
DYSENTERY.
Four cases of dysentery were notified during the year.
Three of these patients were seamen who were admitted to the
Seamen's Hospital. The fourth patient was a child of six months.
There were no deaths.
DIARRHOEA AND ENTERITIS.
During 1937 the number of deaths of children under two
years of age from diarrhoea and enteritis was 47. The corresponding
figures for the years 1934, 1935, and 1936 were 31, 19, and 73
respectively. Of the 47 children who died, 31 were males and 16
females. The death rate per 1,000 of the population was 0.18, and
the death rate per 1,000 live births was 11.22.
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