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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.
There has been a fall of 98 in the number of cases of Diphtheria
this year as compared with 1934, the number of cases for the year
being 273. Of this number 27 cases were reported from hospital
to be " not suffering " from Diphtheria, so that the net total for
the year was 246 as against a net total last year of 344. Ten
children died; five of these children were under five years of age,
three were six years old, and the two remaining children were
aged nine and thirteen respectively. Seven of these deaths
were due to cardiac failure; one child died on the day of admission
to hospital and one case was notified after death. In
three cases tracheotomy was performed.
From the attached table which shows the attendances at the
Schick Clinic during the year, it will be observed that there has
been a gratifying increase in the number of new patients and in the