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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.
Food Poisoning.
NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE YEAR.
The total number of notifications, excluding duplicates, was 648.
Of this figure, 88 were notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and
12 of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis. In addition, 502 cases of Measles
(including German Measles), came to the knowledge of the Department,
mainly through the School Authority.
As compared with the previous year, there was a decrease of 39 in the
number of notifications of Diphtheria. The number of notifications of
Scarlet Fever (154) represents an increase of 8, as compared with that
for 1935. The number of notifications of Tuberculosis was 100, an increase
of 12, as compared with that for 1935.
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:—