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The notification of pneumonia is by no means complete.
In several instances during the past five years the number
of deaths has exceeded the number of notifications received,
which would lead one to think that certainly less than 50 per
cent. of the cases are notified.
No cases of dysentery or trench fever have been notified
during the past five years. Two cases of malaria were
notified in 1924.
No vaccinations or revaccinations have been performed
by the Medical Officer of Health under the Public Health
(Smallpox Prevention) Regulations, 1917.
There have been several epidemics of measles and
whooping cough during the period under review, but in all
cases the mortality has been comparatively low.
The mortality from influenza has remained almost
stationary apart from a slight rise in 1922, while the mortality
from cancer has steadily increased, except in 1924, when the
figure was comparatively low.

A cleansing station has been maintained by the Council
since 1922 for dealing with verminous children under the
Children's Act, 1908, and the station is now available for
cleansing persons under Sections 48 and 49 of the Public
Health Act, 1925. The disinfecting station is on the same
premises so that infected clothing and other articles can be
sterilised while the infested persons are being treated.
Articles exposed to infection are treated by steam and
premises are sprayed with formalin and fumigated with
sulphur.
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