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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Notifiable Diseases.
The following diseases are compulsorily notifiable in Camberwell:-
Acute Polio-encephalitis.
Membranous Croup.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Plague.
Anthrax.
Pneumonia —Acute Primary.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
Pneumonia—Acute Influenzal.
Cholera.
Continued Fever.
Puerperal Fever.
Diphtheria.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Dysentery.
Relapsing Fever.
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Erysipelas.
Smallpox.
Food Poisoning.
Tuberculosis.
Glanders.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
Typhus Fever.
Hydrophobia.
Malaria.
Smallpox (Variola minor).
In 1933 there was a further decline in the incidence of the mild
type of smallpox which has been prevalent in the Borough since
1927.
During the interval between the first week in August and the
middle of November no case was notified. In the month of
November a fresh outbreak of this disease occurred as the result of
a missed case treated as chicken-pox, with the result that fourteen
cases were subsequently notified.
Throughout the year 55 cases were notified and the number of
households affected was 30.
There were no deaths.
The supervision of contacts was continued on the lines adopted
in the previous year.