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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. Tuberculosis.
Cholera. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever.
Continued Fever. Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE YEAR.
The total number of notifications, excluding duplicates, was 616.
Of this figure, 117 were notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and
12 of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis. In addition, 318 cases of Measles
came to the knowledge of the Department, mainly through the School
Authority.
Compared with the previous year, there was a decrease of 80 in the
number of cases of Diphtheria. The number of cases of Scarlet Fever
(135), represents an increase of 21 as compared with that for 1926.
The notifications of Tuberculosis remain approximately the same as
in the previous year. In 1926, there were 9 deaths from non-notified
Tuberculosis, while in 1927 there were also 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 :—