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positive Widal reaction to bacillus typhosus of 1 in 60. She was
admitted to isolation hospital.
Dysentery.
Nineteen notifications were received, all but one in the first
six months of the year. This compares with 53 in the year
before.
Three of the cases were from Queen Mary's Hospital and were
stated to be Sonne infections. They were removed to isolation
hospital.
The remaining 16 cases were residents of the district. In 4
instances there was more than one case in the same house. The
diagnosis in all but one case (a Sonne infections) was based upon
clinical evidence. 1 hree were removed to isolation hospital and
all recovered.
The type of illness was very similar to that experienced in the
last year or two and was probably mainly due to infection by the
Sonne organism.
Scarlet Fever.
The prevalence of mild scarlet fever was rather less than in the
year before but still remains higher than the general experience,
Notifications totalled 239 compared with 294 in the previous year,
of wh ch 227 occurred outside hospitals. The incidence for all
cases falls from 5.06 to 4.06 per thousand population and that for
cases excluding Queen Mary's Hospital from 4.73 to 3.95. The
rate for England and Wales was 2.41.
Ninety-two per cent, of the cases were removed to hospital.
There were 5 " return " cases.
No person died of this infection.
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