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PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND
OTHER DISEASES.
Notifiable diseases. The number of notifications received, after
correction, were:
Diphtheria 19; Scarlet Fever 253;Erysipelas 47; Typhoid 1;
Puerperal 7; Puerperal Pyrexia 14; Corebro-Spinal Meningitis
8; Ophthalmia Neonatorum 4; Tuberculosis of Respiratory system 182;
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis 32; cheasles 213; Pneumonia 75;
Diarrhoea (under 2 yrs of age; 45; Malaria 2; Whooping Cough 209;
Dysentery 37 ; Scabies 462; Food poisoning 1.
The number of cases of Diphtheria decreased by 24 compared with
the previous year, of Scarlet Fever by 172, measles by 815,
Diarrhoea by 7. and Whooping Cough by 134.
Smallpox. Contacts of cases of smallpox numbering 23 were kept
under observation during the year but no cases occurred in the
borough.
Diphtheria Immunisation, The number of sessions held was 112 and
843 new cases attended, a total of 4,876 attendances being made. By
the end of the year 12,644 children had been immunised since the
beginning of the campaign in 1934.
Cancer. The percentage of deaths from this cause was 13.3 a slight
reduction compared with last year.
Tuberculosis. The death rate from this cause was 0.83 (pulmonary
0.79 and non-pulmomary 0.04). During the year 182 notifications
of pulmonary and 32 of non-pulmonary were received.
At the Dispensary 3,530 attendances were made including 651
cases who attended for the first time: 111 were referred for
institutional treatment. Comments on Mass Radiography and on the
Allowances Scheme are included in the pr eface to this report.
Vaccination. The annual return furnished to the Ministry of Health
showed that 60.8 per cent of the children born in 1943 had been
successfully vaccinated by 31st January, 1945.
Disinfection. The routine disinfection of premises after the
occurrence of infectious disease was continued and 18,396 articles
were treated at the Disinfecting Station.
Foot Clinic. This clinic was open for four sessions per week and
the demand for the facilities provided was very constant, in fact
it had been found necessary to establish a waiting list extending
for several weeks in order to cope with the number of applicants.
A total of 1083 treatments was given during the year.
Mortuary. During the year 223 bodies were received into the
Mortuary (apart from those due to enemy action) and 172 Post-Montems
were carried out.