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The number of cases of infectious disease notified in the Borough
in the past twelve years is shown in the following table :
Cases of Infectious Diseases notified in the Borough.
Disease
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
Smallpox
—
Diphtheria
33
48
28
13
17
14
29
11
13
16
3
2
Scarlet Fever
116
166
180
448
228
340
232
133
204
176
294
203
Enteric Fever
(including
Paratyphoid)
4
5
1
3
8
5
3
Puerperal Pyrexia
30
30
39
41
42
47
35
27
25
27
24
38
Pneumonia :
Primary
66
97
105
123
142
110
114
127
189
163
173
162
Influenzal
10
27
17
40
9
14
16
3
6
10
6
38
Acute Poliomyelitis
1
9
2
2
2
3
4
46
10
34
42
10
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
7
15
5
1
—
6
6
10
2
'4
9
2
Malaria
1
1
2
—
—
—
—
1
2
—
4
1
Dysentery
—
3
6
5
24
60
10
5
7
23
24
542
Erysipelas
29
26
36
41
30
26
31
38
32
13
24
17
Polio-Encephalitis
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
6
4
3
—
—
Tuberculosis :
Pulmonary
156
195
223
233
173
194
275
204
206
205
209
210
Non-Pulmonary
30
28
38
51
30
23
33
25
27
32
41
24
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum
5
2
8
4
3
3
3
5
—
5
3
6
Total
488
653
689
1004
700
840 788
641
730
706
869
1258
The number of cases of infectious disease originally notified
sometimes varies due to changes of diagnosis and the following
table is therefore given to show the final numbers after correction.
Disease
Smallpox —
Diphtheria 1
Scarlet Fever 196
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)
3
Puerperal Pyrexia 38
Pneumonia :
Primary _ 159
Influenzal 38
Acute Poliomyelitis... 10
Disease
Cerebro-Spinal Fever 1
Malaria 1
Dysentery 501
Erysipelas 16
Polio-Encephalitis —
Tuberculosis :
Pulmonary 210
Non-Pulmonary 24
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 6
Total 1204