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By a General Order of the Local Government Board, No.
58,962, dated 15th August, 1912, the diseases known as Cerebrospinal
Fever and Acute Poliomyelitis were also made compulsorily
notifiable.
By a General Order of the Local Government Board dated the
5th February, 1914, Opthalmia Neonatorum was made compulsorily
notifiable by Medical Practitioners and Certified Midwives from the
1st of April, 1914.
By a General Order of the Local Government Board, dated
19th December, 1912, the following Regulations, viz., the Public
Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908; the Public Health
(Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulations, 1911; and the Public
Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1911, were revoked and substituted
by the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.
The last-named Regulations came into operation on the 1st of
February, 1913, and had the effect of making all forms of Tuberculosis
compulsorily notifiable on and after that date.
The total number of notifications received during 1914 is a
slight decrease on 1913, being 51 from all forms; of notifiable infectious
disease compared with 55 in 1913. There has been a decrease
in enteric fever and tuberculosis, and a small increase in diphtheria,
scarlet fever, erysipelas, and opthalmia neonatorum.
Scarlet Fever.
There were IT cases notified during 1914, compared with 15 in
1913. None of the cases were fatal.
The first case occurred in February and was a young man aged
22, who was removed to Hospital on February 21st and remained
there until March 21st, when he returned home. The same night
he had an attack of rheumatism, and the doctor who had first
attended him was called in the following day. On April 3rd a
sister, aged 16, who had been looking after him, was notified as
having scarlet fever, and as the brother had not finished peeling,
both sister and brother were removed to Hospital.
There was one case notified in March, a youth aged 17, who
was employed in London and went there each day, his parents being
caretakers in a large house in this district. He also was removed
to Hospital.
The four other cases notified in April came from cottages
adjoining each other, and all the children had attended the same
school. A member of one of the families and one of the first cases
to be notified had also been visiting London. All four cases were
removed to Hospital.