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SMALLPOX.
No cases of smallpox were notified during the year.
VACCINATION.
The Vaccination Officer, Mr. P. Ryan, has kindly furnished me with
the following:—
Total number of medical certificates of successful primary vaccinations
in respect of persons of all ages received was 771.
PLAGUE.
No case of this disease was notified during the year.
ANTHRAX, GLANDERS, AND HYDROPHOBIA IN MAN.
No cases of these diseases occurred.
London Notification of Glanders Order, 1907.
No notice was received from the Veterinary Inspector of the London
County Council of the existence of glanders at premises in the Borough.
ERYSIPELAS.
71 cases of erysipelas were notified during the year. Two deaths
occurred.
PUERPERAL FEVER ETC.
Public Health (Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pvrexia)
Regulations, 1926.
These Regulations came into operation on 1st October, 1926. The
Minister of Health has sanctioned the appointment of Dr. Malcolm
Donaldson as Obstetric Specialist (with Dr. C. S. Lane-Roberts as
Deputy) at a fee of £5 5s. in cases where a medical practitioner requires
assistance, and also of arrangements for bacteriological examination of