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II.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ETC.
The following diseases are notifiable: —
Anthrax
Acute Polioencephalitis
Acute Poliomyelitis
Acute Primary Pneumonia
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia
Cholera
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis
Continued Fever
Diphtheria
Encephalitis Lethargica
Enteric Fever and Typhoid
Erysipelas
Fever
Hydrophobia in Man
Glanders
Membranous Croup
Malaria
Puerperal Fever
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Relapsing Fever
Puerperal Pyrexia
Small Pox
Scarlet Fever and Scarlatina
Tuberculosis—all forms
Typhus
Owing to the housing conditions of the Borough, it is the
practice to remove to hospital nearly all cases of diphtheria and
scarlet fever.
DIPHTHERIA.
The number of cases notified was exactly the same as last
year, namely 263. Six cases were returned as not suffering from
Diphtheria, and there were eleven deaths. Very little use is
being made of the provision for immunisation against the disease,
and the total number of attendances for the whole year was only
55.
No. of patients
examined
No. found to
be positive and
immunised
No. found
to be
negative
No.
immunised
without
Test
No. of
sessions
Total
attendances
12
3
6
3
30
55
SCARLET FEVER.
There has been a rise in the number of cases of Scarlet Fever,
the number being 446, with a net total of 432 as 14 cases were
returned as not suffering from the disease. The mild form of the
disease still prevails and there were no deaths.