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Typhus Fever. Dysentery (including amoebic
Typhoid Fever. and bacillary dysentery).
Enteric Fever. Malaria.
Relapsing Fever. Acute Poliomyelitis.
Continued Fever. Acute Polio-encephalitis.
Puerperal Fever. Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.
Puerperal Pyrexia. Anthrax.
Pemphigus Neonatorum.—At a meeting of the Council held on
the 28th May, 1929, it was resolved to make an order for the
compulsory notification of Pemphigus Neonatorum.
A copy of the resolution was forwarded to the Ministry of
Health, and was duly approved.
The compulsory notification of this disease came into force on
the 29th June, 1929.
In addition to the above infectious diseases notifiable to the
Medical Officer of Health, certain industrial diseases are notifiable
to the Chief Inspector of Factories, by medical practitioners under
Section 73 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and Statutory
Rules and Orders 1775, 1170 and 1505.
These are cases of lead, phosphorus, arsenical, mercurial)
carbon bisulphide, aniline and chronic benzene poisoning, anthrax,
toxic jaundice, epitheliomatous or chrome ulceration, contracted
in any factory or workshop.
Table II shows the number of cases of infectious disease notified
during 1929, arranged according to age and distributed in wards.
Of these 65 occurred in institutions as follows:—