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ACCIDENT, SUICIDE AND MANSLAUGHTER.
Accidental or violent deaths during 1936 numbered 66. Of these 22 were due
to suicide. There was one recorded death of a baby certified as resulting from
suffocation (overlaying).
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
A table showing, with regard to the infections, the total number of notifications
received, the age distribution and the number of cases notified from each of the
four registration districts will be found on page 67.

Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
There were 121 cases of diphtheria notified during 1936, 6 deaths resulting.
In 1935 there were 119 cases and 2 deaths.
The cases were more or less evenly distributed, as usual, throughout the
borough, and only in a few instances was it possible to determine accurately the
source of infection. In 5 cases the source appeared to be a member of the family
previously infected; in 12 cases infection was counted to have been acquired in
school, and in 9 cases in an institution.
The number of swabs from doubtful cases submitted for bacteriological
examination was 860, a positive result being returned in 79 instances.
Of the registration districts, that contributing the largest number of cases
was All Souls with 51. In Christ Church the number was 37, in St. Mary 19 and
in St.John 14.
The age group 5—15 was most affected, 61 of the cases falling into this group.
Three applications were made for a free supply of antitoxin under the
Diphtheria Antitoxin (London) Order, 1910.
The nuisances detected during the course of investigating the notified cases
were: Dirty premises, etc., 4. These were all remedied after service of notices.