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Summary of the work carried out at the Public Health
Laboratories for the year:
Throat and nose swabs 5
Faeces 110
Urine 3
Ice cream 69
Milk 134
Kaviar 1
Ham 1
Minced meat 12
Vaginal swabs 2
National Assistance Act 1948.
Section 50. Burial or cremation of the dead.
action was necessary in one case under this
section during 1962.
PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
From the table of infectious diseases set out on Page 28
it will be seen that 60 cases of infectious diseases were notified
during the year, as against 489 in 1961. The Infectious
Sickness Rate for the year was therefore 2.1 as compared with
17.2 for the previous year.
The decrease in the number of infectious diseases
during the year was mainly due to the fact that 1961 was not
a "measles year".
The following table sets out the infectious diseases
notified during 1962, as compared with those received during1961.
1961
1962
Measles
453
27
Pertussis
5
6
Scarlet Fever
5
2
Pneumonia
7
-
Dysentery
2
5
Food Poisoning
3
3
Tuberculosis
13
15
Erysipelas
-
1
Puerperal-Pyrexia
-
1
Typhoid Fever
1
-
489
60
From the table set out above the following facts emerge:-
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