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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. Dyserftery.
Acute Primary Pneumonia. Erysipelas.
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia. Malaria.
Cerebrospinal Fever. Puerperal Fever and Puerperal
Chicken Pox. Pyrexia.
Plague. Relapsing Fever.
Anthrax. Small-pox.
Clanders. 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 673.
of this figure, 95 were notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and
11of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis. In addition, 223 cases of Measles
(including German Measles), came to the knowledge of the Department,
Mainly through the School Authority.
Compared with the previous year, there was a decrease of 7 in the
number of notifications of Diphtheria. The number of notifications of
scarlet Fever (149) represents an increase of 31 as compared with that
for 1928. The notifications of Tuberculosis show a slight increase.
in 1929, there were 6 deaths from non-notified Tuberculosis, while in
1928 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 :