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tions in the case of the older notifiable diseases, and then the more
recent additions to the list.
Considering the older notifiable diseases first (Scarlet Fever,
Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, Puerperal Fever, Erysipelas and Small
Pox), we see that the cases notified to me numbered 481 in 1914.
This is an increase of 122 as compared with 1913, when 359 cases
were notified.
The yearly average number of notifications of these diseases
for the last 20 years is 495, the number of notifications for 1914
being, therefore, 14 below the yearly average.
There were no cases of Cerebro-Spinal Fever or Acute Poliomyelitis
notified during 1914. The notifications of Tubercular
Phthisis numbered 101, and of other forms of Tuberculosis 33, and
have already been referred to.
The Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations,
1914, came into operation on the 1st April, 1914.
Circular letter and copies of the Order were sent to Medical
Practitioners practicing in the Borough and circular letters enclosing
books of notifications were also sent to midwives.
Eleven cases were notified during the last ft months of the
year.