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Disinfection. Rooms fumigated 114
Mattresses disinfected 116
Blankets disinfected 167
Pillows disinfected 152
Miscellaneous articles disinfected 213
Bacillus Bacillus
Bacteriological Work. found not found
Diphtheria. County Laboratory — 12
Diphtheria Clinical Research Association 4 8
Tuberculosis. County Laboratory 9 ?
Puerperal Pyrexia County Laboratory — 7
On the grounds of economy, copies of the reports on specimens sent to the
County Laboratory by private medical practitioners which prove to be negative
are not forwarded to local Medical Officers of Health.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis)
during the year 1946.
Disease
Total Cases
notified
Cases admitted
to Hospitals
Total
Deaths
Scarlet Fever
15
12
—
Diphtheria
8
8
—
Pneumonia
12
15
(all forms)
Erysipelas
9
2
1
Measles
230
2
—
Whooping Cough
60
3
—
Puerperal Pyrexia
2
2
—
Prevention of Blindness.
No action was taken under Section 176, Public Health Act, 1936.
Tuberculosis.
No action was necessary under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1925, or Section 172, Public Health Act, 1936.
Total Cases
Total Primary admitted to Total
cases notified Sanatoria and Deaths
Hospitals
Pulmonary (Males) 14 9 3
„ (Females) 18 16 6
Totals 32 25 9
Non-Pulmonary (Males) 2 4 1
„ (Females) 4 3 —
Totals 6 7 1
Three of the 10 deaths from Tuberculosis were of cases not notified, all of
whom died in Hospitals outside the district.