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The estimated number of children under five years of age vaccinated
at the end of 1961 was nearly 2,000 out of an estimated total in this age
group of 3,400.
Enteric Fever
For the eighth year in succession there was no case of typhoid or
para typhoid fever.
Dysentery
One or more outbreaks of mild dysentery due to infection by the
Sonne organism have been fairly frequent annual events in recent years.
It is therefore satisfying to report that no such outbreak occurred in
1961. Only two cases of dysentery were notified, two isolated instances,
neither of which were found to have any associated cases.
Neither of these two cases were due to the Sonne organism. One
was caused by Sh Flexner Type III a more severe type of infection and an
unusual one these days in this country. It was a baby of 2½ who had
recently arrived in this country from Brazil where he had symptoms
before leaving. There is little doubt that the infection was contracted
before arriving here. He recovered after a month in hospital.
The other case in a child of 5 years was more of the nature of food
poisoning, the infection, that of S. Typhimurium being one which is
commonly associated with food poisoning. She too recovered after a
relatively short illness.
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