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Section F.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
Public Health (Treatment of Infectious Disease) Regulations, 1934.
These regulations, which came into operation on 1st July, 1934,
provide that an Authority should have the same powers and duties in
relation to the provision of hospitals or temporary places for the use of
persons who were for the time being within their district and were suffering
from infectious disease as they had in respect of the inhabitants of their
district. No doubt these regulations had become necessary on account
of difficulties which had arisen regarding the occurrence of cases of
infectious disease in Hop-picking districts, etc.
Notifications.
2,528 cases of Infectious Disease were notified during the year. In
addition there were 141 other cases notified as Infectious Diseases in
which the diagnosis was not confirmed.
The notification rate was 17.3, compared with 18.3 in 1933.
The incidence of infectious disease generally was slightly less than
in 1933; particularly so in the following diseases:—
(a) Smallpox 138 fewer cases
(b) Chickenpox 69 „ „
(c) Scarlet Fever 265 „ „
There was, however, a marked increase in the number of cases of
Diphtheria (166 cases more than in 1933).
Infectious Disease in Milkshops and Homeworkers' Premises.
4 contacts of infectious disease patients employed in the milk
trade were dealt with during the year. No notices under Article 17 of
the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, were served.
25 cases of infectious disease occurred in homeworkers' premises:
Diphtheria, 12; Scarlet Fever, 6; Chickenpox, 7.
No notice was served under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
Sections 108 and 110. Where there was any risk of infection the work
was discontinued, and any work found on the premises was disinfected
before being returned.