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Section 3.
Only fifteen cases of infectious disease were notified this
year. Such a low number has never been recorded before in
this District. The number for last year was 54, and for
1908, 36.
Of the 15 notified this year, 10 were Scarlet Fever, 2
Diphtheria, 1 Erysipelas, 1 Enteric, and 1 a supposed case of
Small Pox, which proved to be an extraordinarily severe case
of Chicken Pox.
Of the Scarlet Fever cases, 6 were notified from Great
Stanmore, 3 from Harrow Weald and Pinner, and 1 from
Little Stanmore. There were no fatal cases.
Two cases of Diphtheria were notified, both from Pinner.
In the one case of Enteric, it was impossible to trace the
source of infection.
Public Health
Tuberculosis
Regulation
Act 1908.
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
Three cases in all were notified last year; one by the Poor
Law Officer, and two voluntarily. In each case the premises
were visited and disinfected by Mr. Johnson, the Sanitary
Inspector.
Section 4.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.
The accommodation of this hospital consists of 20 beds
and cots.
Considering the extraordinarily small amount of infectious
disease in the district this year it may seem absurd that
I should again draw your attention to the want of an observation
ward at the Isolation Hospital. But this low incidence
of infectious disease cannot possibly last; indeed at the present
time of writing, both Scarlet Fever wards are occupied, and