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Sections 60-65, 68-70, 72-74 of the same Act, referring to the
cleansing and disinfection of premises and materials, and to
contact with, or exposure of infected persons and things have been
made applicable to measles. Measles and hooping cough are
not notifiable.
All cases of tuberculosis have been made notifiable by
the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 112, of the
Local Government Board.
Outbreaks of glanders and anthrax are notifiable to the Health
Authority by the Inspectors appointed under the Diseases of
Animals Act, 1894, in pursuance of the provisions of the Anthrax
Order, 1899, and of the Glanders and Farcy Order, 1907, of the
Board of Agriculture. Cases of anthrax, or poisoning by
mercury, arsenic, lead and phosphorus, must be notified to the
Chief Inspector of Factories, Whitehall.
Notifications.—The notifications of infectious disease received
in 1913 were as follows :—Small-pox none (none), scarlet fever
251 (159), diphtheria 95 (133), cerebro spinal fever 5 (1), typhoid
fever 15 (8), erysipelas 124 (143), puerperal fever 13 (12),
ophthalmia neonatorum 6 (7), and polio myelitis 3 (7) cases. The
figures in brackets refer to the year 1912.
The numbers for previous years are appended :—

The above table excludes notifications of Chicken-Pox—there were 181 in 1911.