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Notification of Chickenpox.— The notification of Chickenpox was
continued during the year 1933, and 623 cases were notified.
Practically all cases reported as Chickenpox were visited by a member
of the Medical Staff. This procedure resulted in the discovery of 7 cases
of Smallpox.
The following table shows the visits paid by the Medical Staff to cases
of doubtful Smallpox, cases of Chickenpox and to Smallpox contacts.
Several of these represent visits paid to workplaces in order to examine
contacts of cases who had been at work in an infectious condition:—