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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,
1,191 cases of Infectious Disease were reported during the
year—the lowest number ever recorded. The following table
shows the comparison since 1930.
No. Year.
3,572 1930
1,645 1931
3,497 1932
3,267 1933
3,226 1934
1,191 1935
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 95.
Whooping-Cough.—Whooping-Cough is only notifiable in a
few London Boroughs of which Greenwich is one.
Altogether 128 cases were notified compared with 290 for the
previous year. Eighty-five occurred in East Greenwich, 18 in
West Greenwich, 5 in St. Nicholas and 20 in Charlton and Kidbrooko.
Seven cases were removed to Hospital for treatment.
Diphtheria.—The number of patients notified as suffering from
Diphtheria during the year was 367 as compared with 422, 396 and
235 for the years 1934, 1933 and 1932. Three hundred and sixtythree
cases were removed to Hospital, of which 40 were found
necessary to receive further hospital treatment after discharge.
Thirty-seven of such cases were reported by the Hospital
authorities as not suffering from this disease.