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(a) NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The diseases notifiable under the Infectious Disease (Notification)
Acts, 1889 and 1899, are:—Small-pox, Cholera, Diphtheria,
Membranous Croup, Erysipelas, the disease known as Scarlet Fever
or Scarlatina, and the Fevers known by any of the following
names:—Typhus, Typhoid (Enteric), Relapsing, Continued, and
Puerperal, and also to any infectious disease to which the Act has
been applied in manner provided by the Act.
On the 11th April, 1907, it was resolved that the provisions of
the Acts should apply to the disease known as Cerebro-spinal Fever,
from the 24th May in that year until further notice*. A definite
period of three years was, however, subsequently settled on by the
Local Government Board.
Sixty-nine cases of infectious disease were notified during the
year, as compared with 68 in 1909, and consisted of 5 cases of
Diphtheria, 57 of Scarlet Fever, 6 of Erysipelas, and 1 of Enteric
Fever.
Small-pox. No cases of this disease occurred throughout the
year.
Diphtheria. Five non-fatal cases were notified as against 12
cases with one death in 1909.
The cases were notified one in each of the months of March,
April, May, September, and October, from Camden Terrace, Green
Lane (2), Shepherd's Green, and Blackhorse Road respectively.
One of the patients was an infant aged 12 months, and the
others ranged from 8 to 18 years.
All were treated at the Bromley and Beckenham Joint Isolation
Hospital.
On the 15th August, 1910, an Order, cited as " The Diphtheria
Anti-toxin (Outside London) Order, 1910, was issued by the Local
Government Board. This Order sanctions the provision by District
Councils of a temporary supply of diphtheria anti-toxin, and of
medical assistance in connection with the temporary supply of
diphtheria anti-toxin, for the poorer inhabitants of their district,
subject to the arrangements with respect to the keeping, distribution,
and use of the diphtheria anti-toxin being made in accordance
with the advice of the Medical Officer of Health.