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Infectious Diseases
Incidence. Full particulars of all notifiable diseases
arranged according to disease, ward and age will be found
in Table IV. on page 31.
The number of cases of infectious disease notified
during 1932 was 4,190 compared with 1,505 in 1931.
This large increase was due to the epidemic of Measles
which occurred during the year and, excluding this
disease, the cases notified were 1,508 as against 1,395 in
1931. The increase in the number of notified cases, apart
from Measles, was due to a larger number of Scarlet
Fever cases.
The notifications of Diphtheria decreased from 2.25
to 177 and those of Scarlet Fever rose from 331 to 543.
There was also a decrease in the notifications of primary
and influenzal Pneumonia from 275 to 241. Notifications
of Erysipelas increased from 86 to 106 and Enteric
Fever from 3 to 11, those of Epidemic Diarrhoea fell from
33 to 22. There was a decrease in the number of notifications
of Tuberculosis, 311 as compared with 353.
The number of cases of infectious disease of the central
nervous system were 12 compared with 14 in the previous
year; they included eight cases of Cerebro-spinal
fever, three of Encephalitis Lethargica and one of Poliomyelitis.
Mortality from Infectious Diseases. There were 349
deaths from notifiable infectious diseases in 1932 compared
with 392 in 1931.
The deaths from Diphtheria were ten compared
with nine and Scarlet Fever remained the same at two
deaths.
The deaths from Tuberculosis fell from 169 to 160
and those due to Pneumonia from 171 to 118. There
were 26 deaths from Measles compared with one in 1931.
Diseases of the nervous system accounted for eight deaths
as against ten during 1931 (Cerebro-spinal fever 5,
Encephalitis Lethargica 2 and acute Polio-enceplialitis