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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.
Anthrax.
Plague.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
Pneumonia—Acute Primary.
Cholera.
Pneumonia—Acute Influenzal.
Continued Fever.
Puerperal Fever.
Diphtheria.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Dysentery.
Relapsing Fever.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina.
Erysipelas.
Smallpox.
Food Poisoning.
Tuberculosis.
Glanders.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
Hydrophobia.
Typhus Fever.
Malaria.
The notification of infectious diseases to the Medical Officer of
Health is designed to prevent the spread of disease and to facilitate
institutional treatment of patients in their own interest. The Medical
Officer of Health is available for consultation purposes in cases
of doubtful diagnosis. The number of capes of infectious diseases
notified in 1934 was 857 fewer than in the previous year, viz., 1,892
as compared with 2,749.
Smallpox (Variola Minor) which had been prevalent in the
Borough since 1928, gradually subsided, and no case was notified
after the week ended June 23rd. The number of cases reported
from the beginning of the year to that date was 18. There were
no deaths.