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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
Dysentery
Enteric Fever and Typhoid
Fever
Encephalitis Lethargica
Erysipelas
Glanders
Hydrophobia in Man
Malaria
Membranous Croup
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Puerperal Fever
Puerperal Pyrexia
Relapsing Fever
Scarlet Fever and Scarlatina
Small Pox
Typhus
Tuberculosis—all forms
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 of Diphtheria notified during the year
was 372, of which number 28 cases were returned from hospital as
" not suffering " from Diphtheria, leaving a net total of 344.
There were 10 deaths from the disease. These figures show a slight
reduction as compared with those of last year. I feel that the
prevalence of Diphtheria in the borough is rather discreditable,
and a comment in this sense was made in my Annual Report for
the year 1928, when the hope was expressed that an immunisation
clinic would soon be started. In April of the following year a
" Schick " clinic was opened at the Municipal Offices, and subsequently
the attendances have been as follows :—
1929 148
1930 151
1931 107
1932 101
1933 55