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31 [1919
THE NOTIFICATION, ISOLATION, FATALITY,
and
PREVENTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Under the Provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
The Principal Diseases Comprise :—
Small Pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Enteric Fever,
Typhus Fever, Continued Fever, Erysipelas and Puerperal Fever.
There were 1,993 cases of the diseases which are notifiable under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in addition to which there were other
communicable ailments, such as Tuberculosis, Ophthalmia Neonatorum,
Acute Poliomyelitis, Cerebro-Spinal Fever, Encephalitis Lethargica, and
Measles, which are notifiable either under Orders of the late Local Government
Board, or of the London County Council with the approval of that
Board.
The total cases notified are 866 above those of the previous year (1,127),
and 188 more than the average of the preceding ten years. The largest
increases when contrasted with the decennial averages are to be found in the
returns from Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, which were respectively 116 and
99 in excess, while Puerperal Fever also showed an increase of 11. Enteric
Fever, however, exhibited a decrease of 38.
The 1,993 cases were equal to an attack-rate of 6.05 per 1,000 of the civil
population.
In London the attack-rate was 6.10 per 1,000 of the civil population, or 0.5
more than in Islington, while in the Encircling Boroughs it was 5.92, or 0.13
less than locally.