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INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
and the Tuberculosis Regulations, 2,597 cases of infectious diseases
were notified, as compared with 1,579 in 1923. In a preceding Table
will be found a list of cases notified and their distribution in the several
Wards. The increase is entirely due to Measles.
To the seven principal epidemic diseases, viz.:— Small-pox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Enteric Fever
and Infantile Diarrhoea, 85 deaths were ascribed, and the death-rate
was 0.74 per 1,000 as against 0.65 in the preceding year. A preceding
table indicates the number of deaths and the death-rates from these
diseases during the past ten years.
Small-Pox.
One person was notified as suffering from Small-Pox during the
year, but was subsequently found not to be suffering from this disease.
Scarlet Fever.
291 persons were notified as suffering from this disease during the
year under report as compared with a total of 349 for the previous year.
Included in this total are 4 patients who, after removal to hospital,
were certified to be not suffering from the disease in question.
There were 2 deaths as compared with 2, 11 and 13 in the three
preceding years.
Diphtheria.
The total number of patients certified to be suffering from Diphtheria
was 374 as compared with a total of 417 for the previous year. Of
this number 21 were errors of diagnosis.
There were 15 deaths as compared with 33, 39 and 13 for the three
preceding years.
Enteric Fever.
20 cases of Enteric Fever were notified, as compared with 10
in the previous year. Included in this total are 5 patients who, after
removal to hospital, were certified to be not suffering from the disease.
There were three deaths.
Acute Primary Pneumonia and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
These diseases are compulsorily notifiable under the Public Health
(Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery, etc., Regulations), 1918.
144 cases were notified during the year.