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4. Xumber of working-class persons to be displaced
... ... ... ... ... Nil.
Xumber of houses not complying with the Building
byelaws erected with the consent of the Local
Authority under Section 25 of the Housing,
Town Planning, Etc., Act, 1919 ... ... ... 1
Staff engaged on housing work with, briefly, the
duties of each officer.
Sanitary Inspectors engaged in general Inspection
of Districts ... ... ... ... ... 6
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OYER INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
Scarlet Fever.
6-38 cases of scarlet fever were notified in 1920, as against 603
the previous year. Death occurred in '7 cases. The need for
further hospital accommodation for scarlet fever was again
urgently experienced in the winter months.
Diphtheria.
558 cases of diphtheria were notified in 1920, as against 429
for 1919. Death occurred in 26 cases. The hospital accommodation
for this disease was severely taxed and the provision of
further accommodation felt to be urgent.
Diphtheria Anti-toxin was supplied to practitioners on request
as has been the practice for many years. 189 phials were issued
in this manner, 34 of these phials were issued free of charge for
the treatment of necessitous patients, but the remainder were paid
for at cost price.
Measles and German Measles.
This disease is no longer notifiable, and no accurate knowledge
of its incidence is available. 22 deaths only were recorded as duf
to measles, none to German measles.
Enteric Fever.
Only 12 cases were notified during the year, as against 5 in
1919. 4 deaths occurred.
Smallpox.
Xo cases of smallpox were notified during the year.
Influenza.
Table 11 La, page 37, shews the weekly deaths from influenza,
along with the deaths from certain other diseases which are epidemiologically
of interest in relation to influenza. 43 deaths
occurred from Influenza during the year. Anti-Influenza vaccine
was supplied on request to practitioners in the town, and returns—
so far as obtain from these practitioners—shew that twenty-one
doctors used the vaccine for 118 patients, and that 215 injections
were made.