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that he had developed a weakness of the left deltoid, and
poliomyelitis was diagnosed. The child was discharged after
four weeks with a recommendation for physiotherapy
treatment.
Whooping Cough. Ninety-six cases of whooping cough
were notified during 1954. This is our best figure for several
years and it is the first time since 1945 that the number has
fallen below 100. The decrease is more than welcome after our
record high figure of 414 in the previous year. The average
number of notifications yearly,. over the past ten years, is
265, and it is to be hoped that this figure may now continue
to fall. It is with satisfaction that we note that once again
there were no deaths from this disease.
Measles. The figure of 74 notifications of measles is the
lowest recorded in the district since 1939, when notification
first became compulsory.
A table showing the incidence of measles in the district
over the past 20 years is given below:—

Diphtheria. We have now had three successive years
without a ease of diphtheria being notified, and nine years
without a death. Table XVIII on page 59 gives the incidence
and fatality of this disease since 1920.
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