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(d) Enteric Fever.—There was one case of enteric fever notified
during the year, in the case of a patient admitted to the
London Hospital for observation.
(e) Puerperal Fever.—3 cases were notified during the year;
no case was admitted to hospital.
(f) Malaria.—There were no cases of malaria notified during
the yea
(g) Pneumonia.—33 cases were notified during 1921 as compared
with 92 the previous year. 3 cases were isolated at the
hospital. There were 34 deaths from all forms of pneumonia
during 1921.
(h) Encephalitis Lethargica.—1 cases were notified, two of
which proved fatal. One case, a mild one, was admitted to
hospital and after a short stay discharged cured.
One case of mixed infection was admitted to hospital, but
no instance of cross infection occurred in the wards during the
year.
(II) NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The most important of these are measles, whooping cough and
infantile diarrhoea. There were no serious epidemics of these
diseases, and the deaths registered were as follows :—
Measles 14
Whooping Cough 4
Diarrhoea 15
Measles and Whooping Cough.—Cases amongst school children
are reported to the School Medical Officer by teachers,
attendance officers and school nurses, and appropriate action
taken as regards exclusion and supervision of contacts. Further
particulars of action taken will be found on page School Medical Officer's Report.