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Bacteriological Work.
Bacillus Bacillus
found not found
Diphtheria. Clinical Research Association 1 5
Tuberculosis. County Laboratory 21 ?
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 1947.
Total Cases Cases admitted Total
Disease notified to Hospitals Deaths
Scarlet Fever 20 14 —
Diphtheria 6 6 —
Pneumonia 8 1 15
(all forms)
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1 — —
Erysipelas 6 1 —
Measles 151 1 —
Whooping Cough 72 — —
Puerperal Pyrexia 1 1 —
Poliomyelitis 4 4 —
Cerebro-spinal Fever 1 1 —
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 Total Cases
Primary admitted to Total
cases Sanatoria and Deaths
notified Hospitals
Pulmonary (Males) 19 17 8
„ (Females) 12 11 9
Totals 31 28 17
Non-Pulmonary (Males) 4 3 —
„ (Females) 4 4 1
Totals 8 7 1
Five of the 18 deaths from Tuberculosis were of cases not notified, three of
whom died in Hospitals outside the district.