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Number of Schick tests performed 246
Total number of attendances at Clinic 1,528
Number of cases treated by private doctors
under Council's scheme 43
Total number of cases treated under
Council's scheme to end of 1937 1,240
MEASLES.
Measles has appeared biennially with such regularity
for so long that the sharp burst which appeared in the
months of February and March was rather unexpected.
The number of cases was not large and the outbreak was
confined to the eastern side of the district. There was
one death in a boy aged seven. The usual biennial
epidemic had not begun at the end of the year, but
preparations were made to repeat the scheme described
in my Report for 1936.
ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS.
Only one case of acute poliomyelitis was reported
during the year. This was a child of 2 years who made
a good recovery without paralysis. Although the child
was a member of a large family no spread of the disease
occurred.
ENTERIC FEVER.
An unusual feature was the occurrence of four cases
of paratyphoid fever during the year. Two were notified
in April, one in .July, and one in August. All were
females, the ages being 6, 13, 18 and 19 respectively.
Exhaustive enquiries failed to elicit any connection between
the various cases and also failed to find any
relationship with other cases outside the district. The
illness was of a mild type in all cases. Sporadic cases
of paratyphoid fever are known to occur fairly