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Primary immunisations carried out by
medical practitioners 69
Children receiving reinforcing doses by
medical officer of health 28
Children receiving reinforcing doses by
medical practitioners 5
DYSENTERY.
An outbreak of mild sonne dysentery, mostly affecting children,
occurred at the commencement of the year and caused a
great deal of work. Ninety-seven cases were notified, but in the
course of investigations fifty-one symptomless carriers were also
found. A number of schools was implicated.
Over 1,300 specimens of faeces were obtained and taken to
the Public Health Laboratory at Epsom.
The age groups of the persons affected were:—
0-4 26
5-14 96
15 and over 26
Total 148
The outbreak which commenced in the middle of January
was practically over at the begining of May. No deaths occurred.
SCABIES AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
Necessary action in reference to the conditions noted above
has been very limited and calls for no special comment.
FOOD POISONING.
Nine cases of food poisoning occurred in the district during
the year. These comprised two family outbreaks involving five
persons due to staphylococci and typhi-murium respectively; one
outbreak involving two persons the cause of which was unidentified
and two single cases due to staphylococcus aureus and bacillus
typhi-murium respectively.