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INFECTIVE ENTERITIS.
This disease is notifiable in some eight other metropolitan boroughs. On May 2nd, 1927,
the Council made the disease known as "Infective Enteritis" or "Summer Diarrhœa"
notifiable for a period of two years. This Order was made by virtue of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, and is only applicable to children under the age of five years. It was
extended in 1929 for a further period of three years. In 1932 the disease was made permanently
notifiable.
One hundred and three cases of the disease were notified during the year.
The number of deaths under the age of 5 years was 55, as compared with 29 in 1931, 29
in the year 1930, 37 in the year 1929, 23 in the year 1928 and 16 in the year 1927. Five
cases in children under 5 years of age were nursed at home by the District Nurses, the
number of visits paid being 58. Fifty-eight patients received treatment in various
hospitals.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis of all kinds is notifiable, and particulars of the number of notification
certificates received during the year 1932 are set out in the tables appended hereto.
Owing to the fact that a case of tuberculosis may be notified in several boroughs or
districts, the number of notification certificates received is only a very imperfect guide to
the amount of tuberculosis in the Borough. There is also the consideration that notification
is more strictly enforced in some districts than in others. However, recent alterations in
procedure tend to make the number of cases on the tuberculosis register serve as a guide to
the real prevalence of the disease. One can also take the annual number of deaths as being
a measure of prevalence. This is probably the most exact method which can be used at the
present time.
From pulmonary tuberculosis there were 107 deaths in 1932, and from other tuberculous
diseases there were 15 deaths.
The number of deaths from tuberculosis of all kinds was 114 in 1930, 138 in 1931, arnd
122 in 1932. In recent years the numbers of deaths were as follows:—
1919 133 1926 125
1920 146 1927 118
1921 125 1928 116
1922 143 1929 128
1923 127 1930 114
1924 149 1931 138
1925 119 1932 122

Cases removed from Register:— 1932.
By reason of—
Death 134
Removal 181
Recovery of patient or variation of diagnosis 68
Total 383