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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
Fever
Erysipelas
Hydrophobia in Man
Membranous Croup
Glanders
Malaria
Puerperal Fever
Relapsing Fever
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
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 386 compared with 263 last
year. Twenty-two cases occurred in Vine Street Buildings during
the months of July, August and September. With one exception
all the patients were of school age. In three instances two
members of the same family were removed to hospital. In one
of these the date of onset of the second case was 34 days after
that of the previous case. In the other instances the second cases
occurred well within the incubation period of the disease. In
one family there were five cases in seven days ; all were schoolchildren
and all I am glad to say recovered. Altogether fifteen
flats were involved in this small epidemic, and twelve of these
were overcrowded, four of them being two-room flats occupied
by eight persons each. The total number of deaths from diphtheria
during the year was thirteen, and twenty-five cases were
returned from hospital as not suffering from diphtheria. In spite
of the fact that an Immunisation Clinic is provided by the Borough
Council, the number of patients attending for protection against