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Chicken-pox, Mumps and German Measles.
These cases are only admitted to the isolation hospitals in
exceptional circumstances.

Anthrax.
No case of anthrax was notified last year.
Typhus Fever, Glanders, Hydrophobia.
No case of these diseases was notified in 1938.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
One case was notified in 1938; the patient was removed to
isolation hospital but died soon after admission.
Acute Primary Pneumonia.
Fifty-five cases of acute primary pneumonia and 4 of influenzal
pneumonia were notified in 1938.
In 9 cases of pneumonia in necessitous families the Borough
Council provided a nurse; to these cases the nurses paid 148
visits.
Influenza is not a notifiable disease; no deaths were ascribed
to influenza last year.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
One case of acute poliomyelitis was notified, and was removed
to an isolation hospital.
Typhoid Fever (including Para-typhoid).
In 1938, no cases of para-typhoid or typhoid were notified.
Contacts of cases notified in a neighbouring Borough were kept
under observation for the usual period of 14 days.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
No cases were notified last year.