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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, 1936, and the Orders and Regulations made thereunder,
1635 cases of Infectious Diseases were reported during the
year. The following table shows the comparison since 1932.
No. Year.
3,497 1932
3,267 1933
3,226 1934
1,191 1935
3,587 1936
1,635 1937
Particulars relating to age groups and districts are shewn in
the tables at the end of the Report.
Smallpox.—There were no cases reported during the year,
but as a result of cases reported in another district some contacts
were kept under observation for the requisite period.
Public Health (Smallpox 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 105
Whooping Cough.—Whooping Cough is notifiable only in a
few London Boroughs of which Greenwich is one.
Altogether 574 cases were notified compared with 549 for
the previous year. 313 occurred in East Greenwich, 120 in West
Greenwich, 16 in St. Nicholas and 125 in Charlton and Kidbrooke.
There were 6 deaths giving a mortality of 1.04 per cent.
Fifty cases were removed to Hospital for treatment.
Every case was visited by the Health Visitors and leaflets
left with the parents or guardians with a view to advising them
as to the care of the patient.
Diphtheria.—The number of patients notified as suffering
from Diphtheria during the year was 307 as compared with 258,
367, 422 and 396 for the years 1936, 1935, 1934 and 1933. Three
hundred and six cases were removed to Hospital.
Nineteen were reported by the Hospital authorities as not
suffering from this disease, and 49 Reports were received concerning