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PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND
Notifiable ediseases. The number of notifications received, after
correction, were:
Diphtheria 51; Scarlet Fever 238; Erysipelas 31; Puerperal Fever 8;
Puerperal Pyrexia 17; Cerebro-Spirial Meningitis 8; Ophthalmia
Neonatorum 14; Tuberculosis of Respiratory system 209; Non-
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 22; Measles 1,131; Pneumonia 70; Diarrhoea
(under 2 yrs. of age) 68; Whooping Cough 160; Dysentery 75;
Scabies 450.
The number of cases of Diphtheria increased by 32 compared with
the previous year, of measles by 918, Diarrhoea by 23. The number
of cases of Scarlet Fever deoreased by 15, and whooping cough by 49.
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 10 2 and
1546 new cases attended, a total of 6,680 attendances being made.
By the end of the year 11,531 children had been immunised since the
beginning of the campaign in 1934.
Cancer. The percentage of deaths from this cause was 16.3 a slight
increase compared with last year.
Tuberculosis. The death rate from this cause was 0.82 (pulmonary 0.74
and non-pulmonary 0.08). During the year 209 notifications of
pulmonary and 22 of non-pulmonary were received.
At the Dispensary 3,912 attendances were made including 623
cases who attended for the first time; 122 were referred for
institutional treatment.
Vaccination. The annual return furnished to the Ministry of Health
showed that 59.0 per cent of the children born in 1944 had been
successfully vaccinated by 31st January, 1946.
Disinfection. The routine disinfection of premises after the
occurrence of infectious disease was continued and 14,552 articles
were treated at the Disinfecting Station.
Foot Clinic. The demand for the services of this Clinic increased
to such an extent that the four sessions per week were insufficient
and a full-time chiropodist was appointed as from September 10th, 1945.
During the year a total of 1,354 treatments was given (608 from
January to September, and 740 from September to the end of the year).
Mortuary. During the year 242 bodies were received into the
Mortuary, and 210 Postmortems were carried out.