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DYSENTERY (Boyd Type II). One case of this disease was notified.
DYSENTERY (Sonne). Of the 223 cases notified, 24 were associated with
outbreaks at day nurseries. In the previous year 168 cases were notified and
there were 254 notifications in 1958
DYSENTERY (Flexner). Of the four cases notified, two were associated with
day nurseries.
ENCEPHALITIS (Post infectious). In the two cases of this disease notified,
the condition was a complication of Measles in one and of mumps in the second
case which proved fatal.
ENCEPHALITIS (infective). The two cases of this disease notified made
satisfactory recoveries.
MEASLES. Of the 468 cases notified, 28 cases were admitted to hospital
MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION. Two cases of this disease in males, aged 1 year
and 50 years were notified.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. Three cases were notified -
Hackney mothers - 2
Non-Hackney mothers - 1
PARATYPHOID FEVER B. One case, a woman aged 61 years, was notified, and
on discharge from hospital the organism was still being excreted in both urine
and faeces.
TYPHOID FEVER The one case notified was a single woman working as a
domestic in Hackney, who had recently visited Italy.
POLIOMYELITIS (Infantile paralysis). Some 19 persons were admitted to
hospital suspected to be suffering from poliomyelitis, but the diagnosis was
confirmed in only three cases, each being of the paralytic type:-
Sex and Age Site of paralysis
Males - 8 months Both lower limbs and back muscles.
2 years Spinal muscles.
Female - 17 years Lower limbs and trunk muscles.
In addition, one person normally resident in Hackney was admitted to
a hospital outside the Borough and diagnosed as paralytic poliomyelitis:-
Male - 3 years Left lower limb.
POLIOMYELITIS Incidence and deaths of cases notified in the Borough of
Hackney since 19 50:-