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Pneumonia, Acute Poliomyelitis, Malaria and Dysentery.—
During the year there were notified 66 cases of primary pneumonia
and 38 of influenzal pneumonia. Of the former, 34 occurred in the
first three months of the year and 11 in the last month, and of the
latter 29 in the first three months and 5 in December. The ages
of those notified are indicated in Table VII.
There were six cases of malaria all of which had been acquired
abroad and there were no cases of dysentery. No cases of acute
poliomyelitis were notified during the year.
Whooping Cough and Measles.—Information regarding the
prevalence of these two non-notifiable infectious diseases is obtained
from the weekly returns of absentees made by the head-teachers
to the Medical Officer of Health. There were only 21 cases of
absence due to measles but there were 319 due to whooping cough
which was prevalent in the early part of the year. No deaths are
to be recorded from measles but six are to be noted from whooping
cough. These give a whooping cough death-rate of .06 per 1,000
of population, which is less than the rates for the Great Towns and
for London which were respectively 0.10 and 0.12 per 1,000 of
population.