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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.
Chicken Pox.
Plague.
Anthrax.
Glanders.
Hydrophobia.
Cholera.
Continued Fever.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Diphtheria.
Membranous Croup.
Dysentery.
Erysipelas.
Malaria.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal
Pyrexia.
Relapsing Fever.
Small-pox.
Typhus Fever.
Tuberculosis.
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE YEAR.
The total number of notifications, excluding duplicates, was 684.
Of this figure, 126 were notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and
32 of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis. In addition, 748 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 30 in the
number of notifications of Diphtheria. The number of notifications of
Scarlet Fever (136) represents a decrease of 13 as compared with that
for 1929. The notifications of Tuberculosis show an increase of 52
as compared with that for 1929. In 1930 there were 5 deaths from nonnotified
Tuberculsois, while in 1929 there were 6 such deaths.
Table No. 40 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