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The NINE DEATHS associated with notified cases of infectious disease were:-
Pneumonia (Males aged 60, 78 and 79 years*
Females aged 41 and 76 years) 5
Scarlet Fever (Female aged 17 months) 1
Date of onset of disease 15.11.57
Removed to Hospital 17.11. 57
Died 17.11. 57
Cause of death certified as Acute Bronchitis due to
Scarlet Fever.
Encephalitis, post infectious Female aged 6 years)
Date of onset of disease Chicken Pox) 30.7.57
Removed to Hospital.3. 8.57
Died 5. 8. 57
Cause of death certified as 1(a) Encephalitis
(b) Varicella
Encephalitis, post infectious Female aged 3^ years)
Date of onset of disease (Chicken Pox) 16.9.57
Removed to Hospital 19. 9. 57
Died 21. 9. 57
Cause of death certified as 1(a) Encephalitis
(b) Varicella 2
Meningococcal Infection (Female aged 4 months) 1
Date of onset of disease 29„ 9. 57
Admitted to Hospital 29.9.57
Died 30 9 57
Cause of death certified as Meningococcal Septicaemia
(This child was on holiday with her parents at an
address in Hackney; the home address was in Chatham,
and the death was transferred to that Authority)
DIPHTHERIA For the fourth successive year no case of Diphtheria was notified,
and since 1951 only one case has occurred Seven suspected cases were
admitted to Hospital where four were diagnosed as suffering from tonsillitis
and three from glandular fever
DYSENTERY (Sonne). Of the 129 cases of this disease which were notified,
53 cases were associated with outbreaks at two day nurseries. In the previous
year 190 cases were notified, and there were 447 notifications in 1955.
ENCEPHALITIS, post infectious. In the two cases of this disease notified,
the condition was a complication of Chicken Pox, and, unfortunately, both were
fatal.