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Disinfection.
The Disinfecting Station is situated in the yard of the Electric
Lighting Station, Lithos Road.
It is equipped with a Washington-Lyons apparatus, with a staff
of 3 men. The collection of infected or infested material is carried
out by two Motor Vans.
During 1927, 2,327 disinfections of houses, or parts of houses
or their contents, were carried out, while, in addition, all infected
articles of clothing, etc., were suitably dealt with.
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the
Year 1927.
The following is a list, alphabetically arranged, of the diseases
which were compulsorily notifiable in Hampstead during 1927:—
Anthrax hold within the preceding
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, two months)
acute Membranous Croup
Chicken-pox (10th June to Ophthalmia Neonatorum
9th September) Plague
Cholera Pneumonia, acute influenzal or
Continued Fever acute primary
Diphtheria Polio-Encephalitis, acute
Dysentery Polio-Myelitis, acute
Encephalitis Lethargica, acute Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia
Enteric Fever Relapsing Fever
Erysipelas Scarlet Fever and Scarlatina
Glanders Small-pox
Hydrophobia Trench Fever (ceases to be
Malaria (except where induced notifiable on December 31st,
for therapeutic purposes) 1927)
Measles (if not already notified, Tuberculosis, all forms
or if a notified case has not Typhoid Fever
occurred in the same house- Typhus Fever.
No cases of the following notifiable diseases were reported during
the year:—
Cholera Plague
Continued Fever Polio-Encephalitis, acute
Glanders Relapsing Fever
Hydrophobia Trench Fever
Membranous Croup Typhus Fever.