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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
Chicken Pox. 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. *Measles.
Food Poisoning. * Whooping Cough.
*First case in house. Subsequent cases occurring within a period of two
months not notifiable.
NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE YEAR.
The total number of notifications, excluding duplicates, was 591.
Of this figure, 69 were notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and
12 of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis. In addition, 509 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 an increase of 89 in the
number of notifications of Diphtheria. The number of notifications of
Scarlet Fever (87) represents a decrease of 9, as compared with that
for 1937. The number of notifications of Tuberculosis was 81, a decrease
of 3, as compared with that for 1937.
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. The notifications have not been corrected
for any subsequent revision of diagnosis:—