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SECTION VI.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
(a) INFECTIOUS DISEASES GENERALLY.
DISEASES COMPULSORILY NOTIFIABLE IN THE BOROUGH
Acute Poliomyelitis. Diphtheria.
Acute Polio-encephalitis. Membranous Croup.
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica. Dysentery.
Acute Primary Pneumonia. Erysipelas.
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia. Malaria.
Cerebro-spinal Fever Puerperal Fever and Puerperal
Pyrexia.
Plague. Relapsing Fever.
Anthrax. Small-pox.
Glanders. Typhus Fever.
Hydrophobia. Trench Fever.
Cholera. Tuberculosis.
Continued Fever. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE YEAR 1926.
The total number of notifications, excluding duplicates, was 669.
Of this figure, 116 were notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and
27 of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis. In addition, 631 cases of Measles
came to the knowledge of the Department, mainly through the School
Authority.
Compared with 1925, there was an increase of 35 in the number of cases
of Diphtheria. The number of cases of Scarlet Fever (114), represents
an increase of 27 as compared with that for 1925. The notifications of
Tuberculosis remain approximately the same as in the previous year.
In 1925, there were 8 deaths from non-notified Tuberculosis, while
in 1926 there were 9 such deaths.
Table No. 27 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:—