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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
Plague.
Pyrexia.
Anthrax.
Relapsign Fever.
Glanders.
Small-pox.
Hydrophobia.
Typhus Fever.
Cholera.
Tuberculosis.
Continued Fever.
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE YEAR.
The total number of notifications, excluding duplicates, was 568.
Of this figure, 81 were notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and
20 of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis. In addition, 493 cases of Measles
c ame to the knowledge of the Department, mainly through the School
Authority.
Compared with the previous year, there was an increase of 28 in the
number of notifications of Diphtheria. The number of notifications of
Scarlet Fever (118), represents a decrease of 17 as compared with that for
1927, The notifications of Tuberculosis also show a decrease. In 1928.
there were 9 deaths from non-notified Tuberculosis, while in 1927 there
w ere 7 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: —