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11. INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ETC.
The following diseases are notifiable :—
Anthrax
Acute Polioencephalitis
Acute Primary Pneumonia
Acute Poliomyelitis
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia
Cholera
Continued Fever
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis
Diphtheria
Encephalitis Lethargica
Enteric Fever and Typhoid
Fever
Erysipelas
Hydrophobia in Man
Glanders
Membranous Croup
Malaria
Puerperal Fever
Relapsing Fever
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Puerperal Pyrexia
Small Pox
Tuberculosis—all forms
Scarlet Fever and Scarlatina
Typhus
Owing to the housing conditions of the Borough, it is the
practice to remove to hospital nearly all cases of diphtheria and
scarlet fever.
DIPHTHERIA.
The number of cases notified is one less than last year namely
462, and of these 31 cases were returned as not suffering from
Diphtheria, so that the actual number of cases was 431. Of
these patients eight died as the result of the disease.
The number of patients attending the Schick Clinic is still
very small and shows practically no increase as compared with
last year. There were two positive cases in addition to those
shown below. One case refused to attend after the first immunisation
,and in the other case immunisation could not be carried
out as the patient was admitted to a Heart Hospital.
No. found to
be negative
No. of
sessions
Total
attendances
No. of patients
examined
No. found to
be positive and
immunised
13
32
47
151
59