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II. —INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ETC.
The following diseases are notifiable: —
Anthrax
Acute Polioencephalitis
Acute Poliomyelitis
Acute Primary Pneumonia
Cholera.
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis
Continued Fever
Diphtheria
Dysentery
Encephalitis Lethargica
Enteric Fever and Typhoid
Fever
Erysipelas
Glanders
Hydrophobia in Man
Malaria
*Measles
Membranous Croup
Ophthalimia Neonatorum
Puerperal Fever
Puerperal Pyrexia
Relapsing Fever
Scarlet Fever and Scarlatina
Small-pox
Typhus
Tuberculosis —all forms
*Whooping Cough
*Applies to children under five years of age, and then only to first case in household ;
subsequent cases occurring in the same household within a period of two months from the
date of first notification are not required to be notified.
Owing to the housing conditions of the Borough, it is the
practice to remove to hospital nearly all cases of diphtheria and
scarlet fever.
Before referring to particular diseases under this heading it
will be convenient to summarise the methods adopted in the
Department for dealing with infectious diseases generally. Cases
of infectious disease come to my notice either by notification
or by report from various sources. The first step is taken by the
District Sanitary Inspector who visits the premises immediately,
either on the same day or the morning immediately following.
He verifies the particulars already obtained, ascertains the names
of contacts together with the names of the schools attended or the
place of work. He also investigates the source of infection and
arranges for the swabbing of contacts or the disinfection of bedding
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