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were, in all probability, a much larger number which never came to
light. Efforts to build up our defences against this illness are constantly
being made by all possible means, but ultimately we are in the
hands of those whose task it is to prepare and handle our food, and
if we can impress upon them all the importance of their work, we
shall have made a great contribution to eradicating another of those
diseases which are all too prevalent to-day.

Other Infectious Diseases.
In addition to the diseases enumerated above, notifications were
received, as under: —
Dysentery, 7. This disease, which now appears to have become
endemic, is normally of a very mild type and gives rise to more
inconvenience than serious ill-health. It is a very fair assumption
that the disease is more prevalent than the notified figures would
indicate, as owing to its extreme mildness, many sufferers probably
never come for medical attention. On the other hand, this
very point tends to the spread of the disease and makes its proper
control a matter of great difficulty. Only by the exercise of
extreme case in personal hygiene can this condition be mastered
and it therefore resolves itself into a problem of health education
especially once again of those responsible for our food.
Erysipelas 5
Pneumonia (all forms) 56
Malaria 1
Meningococcal Infection 1
Encephalitis 2
There were 15 deaths from pneumonia.