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SECTION F
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND
OTHER DISEASES
During the year under review 382 cases of infectious disease were
notified, compared with 1,285 in 1961 and 353 in 1960. The marked
increase in the number of notifications received in 1961 was due, almost
entirely, to the high incidence of measles during that year.
The following infectious diseases are notifiable in the Urban District:—
Cholera
Diphtheria (including
Membranous Croup)
Dysentery
Enteric Fever (including
paratyphoid fevers)
Erysipelas
Acute Encephalitis (infective
and post-infective)
Food Poisoning
Leprosy
Measles
Malaria
Meningococcal Infection
Opthhalmia Neonatorum
Acute Primary Pneumonia
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia
Acute Poliomyelitis—Paralytic
„ „ —Non-paralytic
Puerperal Pyrexia
Relapsing or Continued Fever
Scarlet Fever
Smallpox
Tuberculosis (all forms)
Typhus Fever
Whooping Cough
Plague
Smallpox. There were no cases of Smallpox during the year in this
district. There has, however, been a considerable amount of follow-up
work done by the department during the year, keeping persons under
observation arriving in this Country by air from abroad, from what are
known as smallpox contact areas, that is, areas, where smallpox is occurring
and though they are not known to be actual contacts of a case, they
have had opportunities for such contact.
Dysentery. Three cases were notified, all of which were confirmed
bacteriologically, in adults. Only one case was notified in the preceding
year but in 1960 a total of 16 confirmed cases were recorded.
Scarlet Fever. The incidence of scarlet fever at 42 cases was approximately
double the figure for the preceding year of 20, while the figure for
the year 1960 was 28. Four of the cases were admitted to hospital for
treatment. The infection continued to be mild in character and as is usual
was most common in children of school age.
Acute Poliomyelitis. No cases were notified during the year, either
Paralytic or Non-Paralytic, in fact no cases have occurred in the district
since 1959, when one case was recorded of a school girl suffering from acute
paralytic poliomyelitis.
Erysipelas. There were three cases of erysipelas notified during the
year, all in females and involving the face in each case. Each of the cases
occurred during the winter months.
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