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Infectious Diseases.
Incidence. Full particulars of all notifiable
diseases arranged according to disease, ward and
age, will be found in Table IV. on page 37.
The number of cases of infectious disease notified
during 1933 was 1,711 compared with 4,190 in 1932.
This large decrease was due to the epidemic of
Measles which occurred during 1932 and, excluding
this disease, the cases notified were 1,648 as
against 1,508 in 1932. The increase in the number
of notified cases, excluding Measles, was again due
to a larger number of Scarlet Fever cases.
The notifications of Diphtheria increased from
177 to 185 and those of Scarlet Fever rose from
543 to 720. There was a decrease in the notifications
of primary and influenzal Pneumonia from
241 to 203. Notifications of Erysipelas decreased
from 106 to 104 and Enteric Fever from 11 to
5, while those of Epidemic Diarrhoea fell from 22
to 13. There was a decrease in the number of
notifications of Tuberculosis, 257 as compared
with 314. The number of cases of infectious
disease of the central nervous system was 7
compared with 12 in the previous year; they
included 5 cases of Cerebro-spinal Fever and 2
of Polio-myelitis.
Mortality from Infectious Diseases. There were
320 deaths from notifiable infectious diseases in
1933 compared with 349 in 1932.
The deaths from Diphtheria were 8 compared
with 10 and those from Scarlet Fever rose from 2
to 6.
The deaths from Tuberculosis fell from 160 to
140 and those due to Pneumonia from 118 to 111.
There were 2 deaths from Measles compared with
26 in 1932. Diseases of the nervous system