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PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Measles and Whooping Cough.
These diseases were made compulsorily notifiable in October, 1939.
948 cases of Measles and 203 cases of Whooping Cough were notified during
the year. There were no deaths from Measles or Whooping Cough.
Diphtheria.
I am happy to report the continued low incidence of this disease. Eleven
cases were notified during the year compared with 30 in 1944. There were
no deaths.
Scarlet Fever.
This disease continued to occur throughout the year in a mild form ;
there were 194 cases compared with 256 in 1944 ; there was one death.
" Return " cases numbered 2 allowing for an interval of 28 days between
a patient returning home from the Isolation Hospital and the onset of the
disease in another inmate of the house.
Smallpox.
No cases of smallpox were notified during the year.
Poliomyelitis.
Three cases of this disease were notified during the year. There were no
deaths from this disease.
Dysentery.
Fifty-nine cases were notified during the year, 56 of the Sonne type and
3 Flexner type. Investigation failed to reveal the cause of infection. There
were no deaths from this disease.
Cerebro Spinal Fever.
Five cases were notified during the year. These cases were carefully
investigated and precautions taken to prevent the spread of infection. Two
deaths took place.
Puerperal Pyrexia and Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
These are referred to later on under the heading of Maternity and Child
Welfare.
Food Poisoning.
No cases were notified during the year.
Pneumonia.
Thirty-one cases were notified during the year.
Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age.
The death rate per 1,000 live births for London was 7.6 whilst that for
Edmonton was 2.5 as compared with 10.1 and 2.6 respectively last year.
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