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gations: chest x-ray normal; Hb 55%; W.B.C. 7,100 with normal diffierential; iron deficiency on the blood film; E.S.R. 138 mm. in one hour; Paul-Bunnell test negative. Blood culture revealed Haemophilus influenzae type B sensitive to all the usual antibiotics except sulphonamide. This child was treated with ampicillin and made a good recovery. My point in recording this case history is to emphasize that septicaemia due to Haemophilus influenzae may not be as rare as we had thought and one can easily envisage such a child as I have mentioned developing osteomyelitis due to this organism.-I am, etc., J. L. GREAVES. Southampton Children's Hospital, Southampton, Hants.