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SECTION F.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
Under the compulsory notification Section of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, and the Orders and Regulations made thereunder,
3,226 cases of Infectious Disease were reported during the
year. The following table shows the comparison since 1929.
No. Year.
2,387 929
3,572 1930
1.645 1931
3,497 1932
3,267 1933
3.226 1934
Particulars relating to age groups and districts are shown in the
tables at the end of the Report.
Small-Pox.—There were no cases reported during the year.
Public Health (Small-pox Prevention), Regulations, 1917.
It was not found necessary for your Medical Officer of Health to
undertake any vaccinations during the year.
Details respecting vaccination in the Borough are given in the
Supplementary Vaccination Report on page —.
Whooping-Cough.—Whooping-Cough is only notifiable in a few
London Boroughs of which Greenwich is one.
Altogether 290 cases were notified compared with 571 for the
previous year. One hundred and sixty-one occurred in East
Greenwich. 62 in West Greenwich, 21 in St. Nicholas and 46 in
Charlton and Kidbrooke.
Fifteen cases were removed to Hospital for treatment.
Diphtheria.—The number of patients notified as suffering from
Diphtheria during the year was 422 as compared with 396 and 235
for the years 1933 and 1932. Four hundred and nineteen cases were