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SECTION F
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES
The infectious diseases notifiable to the Medical Officer of
Health have remained the same as in previous years although at the
beginning of the year new Regulations known as the Public Health
(Acute Poliomyelitis, Acute Encephalitis and Meningococcal Infection)
Regulations, 1949, became operative. The regulations provided
for a slightly extended scope of clinical conditions, but otherwise
placed no appreciable additional burden upon the Department as
the diseases concerned had all been notifiable under previous
regulations.
The total number of notifications received during 1950 was 710
as compared with 974 in 1949. Most of the diseases showed a
decrease when compared with the figures for the previous year, the
two notable exceptions being whooping cough and dysentery.
There were 6 confirmed cases of Acute Poliomyelitis during the
year, this figure being slightly lower than that for 1949.
The arrangement whereby any variation in the original diagnosis
is notified by the Hospital Authorities continued in operation during
the year, and Table 16 which gives details of cases notified has again
been prepared with the additional column showing the corrected
figures for each disease after taking into consideration the latest
information supplied by the Hospital and the elimination of all
unconfirmed cases.