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Anthrax.
Five cases of anthrax were notified in London during 1929 but the diagnosis
was subsequently revised in one of these cases. None of the four genuine cases
proved fatal, three of the patients being treated in Guy's Hospital and the other
in St. Andrew's Hospital. The infection in the last case was ascribed to a fur coat
which the patient had recently purchased. In the other cases the patients were
employed in handling skins or hides.
No case of plague, cholera, or typhus fever occurred in London during 1929.
Plague,
cholera and
typhus fever
Cerebrospinal
fever.
One hundred and twenty-five cases of cerebro-spinal fever were notified during
the period 1st January to 31st December, 1929, but the diagnosis was not confirmed
in 25 of these. Of the remaining 100 genuine cases, 63 proved fatal. In
addition, 38 fatal cases which were not notified were discovered through the
medium of the Registrar General's death returns, making a total of 101 fatal cases
during the vear.
Poliomyelitis
and polioencephalitis.
Sixty-seven cases of poliomyelitis or polioencephalitis were notified during the
period, 1st January to 31st December, 1929, of which 59 were regarded as genuine.
Of these, 6 proved fatal. In addition, 2 fatal cases which had not been notified were
recorded in the Registrar General's death returns, making a total of 8 fatal cases
for the year.