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Section 3.
Notifiable Diseases during the Year.
The following is a list, alphabetically arranged, of the diseases
which were compulsorily notifiable in Hampstead during 1923:—
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Anthrax
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis,
acute
Plague
Pneumonia, acute influenzal or
acute primary
Cholera
Continued Fever
Polio-Encephalitis, acute
Polio-Myelitis, acute
Diphtheria
Dysentery
Puerperal Fever
Relapsing Fever
Scarlatina
Encephalitis Lethargica,
acute
Enteric Fever
Scarlet Fever
Small-pox
Erysipelas
Glanders
Trench Fever
Hydrophobia
Tuberculosis, all forms
Typhoid Fever
Malaria
Measles
Typhus Fever
Membranous Croup
No cases of the following notifiable diseases were reported during
the year:—
Anthrax
Plague
Cholera
Polio encephalitis, acute
Continued Fever
Relapsing Fever
Dysentery
Smallpox
Glanders
Trench Fever
Hydrophobia
Typhus Fever.
Membranous Croup
I am glad to have this opportunity of stating how much I
appreciate the cordial co-operation of the medical practitioners of
Hampstead with the work of the Public Health Department. Most of
the cases of infectious disease that are removed for isolation, are sent
to hospital by the doctors, thus effecting a considerable saving of