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Prevalence of and Control over
Infectious and Other Diseases.
From Table V, on page 62, it will be seen that 332 cases of
infectious diseases were notified during the year, as against 249 in
1933, an increase of 83. These 332 cases represent infection in
299 houses. As previously mentioned, the increase in numbers
was anticipated following a period of low infectivity, quite apart
from the growth in population of the Borough, which also had an
appreciable effect upon the total figures.

If the approximate population of the wards as set out be
taken as 33 per cent., 30 per cent., 9 per cent, and 28 per cent,
respectively of the total population of the Borough, it will be seen
that the South and North-West Wards showed a relatively high
incidence of infectious disease, while the North-Hast and Middle
Wards were correspondingly low. When one considers the
relatively high child population of the first two wards this is only
to be expected.
The infectious Sickness Rate of the district for 1934 was 5.5
as against 4.2 in 1933 and 4.3 in 1932.
The notification of these diseases was the means of causing the
inspection, apart from the ordinary inspections, of 253 premises.
During such inspections, 74 houses were found to contain sanitary
defects, consisting chiefly, as previously, of defective water-closets,
dampness and want of cleansing. These defects have all been
remedied.
No case of overcrowding was met with in any of the houses
inspected in connection with cases of infectious disease.
Two hundred and twenty-seven cases were removed to the
Isolation Hospital at Tottenhall Road. Of these, 125 were suffering
from scarlet fever, 5 from scarlet fever and diphtheria, 3 from
scarlet fever and measles, 35 from diphtheria, 7 from diphtheria
and measles, 7 from erysipelas, 1 from pneumonia, 1 from whooping
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