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Month. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Enterio. Erysipelas. Continued Fever. Total
January 1 0 0 2 0 3
February 5 1 0 0 0 6
March 3 0 0 0 0 3
April 1 0 0 3 0 4
May 0 0 1 0 0 1
June 2 3 0 2 0 7
July 4 2 0 0 0 6
August 4 2 0 1 0 7
September 6 3 0 0 1 10
October 7 2 0 2 0 11
Nov. 11 1 0 1 0 13
Dec. 6 3 0 2 0 11
50 17 1 13 1 82
Infectious Diseases and the Means Taken to
prevent their spread.
It will be seen from Table III. that (excluding the
Asylum) 78 notification certificates of Infections Diseases
were received as compared with 50 in 1906. The increase
was due to the large number of notifications of Scarlet
Fever.
On receipt of information respecting infections cases,
the premises are visited, a printed list of instructions as to
necessary precautions is given and explained, disinfectants
are supplied, and the schools attended, in the case of
children, and their employers, in the case of adults, notified
Removal to an Isolation Hospital is offered, and, where
accepted, is carried out (subject to beds being obtainable).
After the recovery, or removal, of an infectious case,
disinfection of the room or rooms occupied is performed by
means of sulphur and formalin. Cleansing and stripping
notices are served where necessary.
Clothes, bedding, etc., are removed to Finchley where
they are put through the steam disinfector.
Antitoxin is supplied free to medical men for use in