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SECTION VI.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
(a) INFECTIOUS DISEASES GENERALLY.
DISEASES COMPULSORILY NOTIFIABLE IN THE BOROUGH.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Acute Polio-encephalitis.
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.
Acute Primary Pneumonia.
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
Cerebro-spinal Fever
Plague.
Anthrax.
Glanders.
Hydrophobia.
Cholera.
Continued Fever.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Diphtheria.
Membranous Croup.
Dysentery.
Erysipelas.
Malaria.
Puerperal Fever.
Relapsing Fever.
Small-pox.
Typhus Fever.
Trench Fever.
Tuberculosis.
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE YEAR 1925.
The total number of notifications, excluding duplicates, was 558.
Of this figure, 111 were notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and
24 of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis. In addition, 110 cases of Measles
came to the knowledge of the Department, mainly through the School
Authority.
Compared with 1924, there is an increase of 91 in the number of cases
of Diphtheria. The number of cases of Scarlet Fever (87) is the same
as that in 1924. The notifications of Pneumonia and of Tuberculosis
also remain approximately the same as in the previous year. In 1924,
there were 24 deaths from non-notified Tuberculosis, while in 1925 there
were 8 such deaths.
Table No. 29 shows the total number of cases of infectious disease
notified during the year, the distribution by age-groups and the number
of cases treated in hospitals:—