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III. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
It will bo seen from Table V. that 357 cases of infectious
diseases were notified during the year, as compared with 286 in the
preceding year.
These 357 casus represent infection in 314 houses. In
all cases disinfectants were supplied, instructions given as
to the carrying out of isolation as efficiently as possible in cases
of non-removal to the hospital, and the sanitary condition of the
premises inspected.
In 77 houses sanitary defects were found, consisting chiefly
of defective water-closets, dampness, and want of cleansing. These
defects have all been remedied under the supervision of the
Sanitary Authorities.
The notification of these diseases was the means of causing
the inspection, apart from the ordinary inspections, of 260
premises, and the remedying of insanitary conditions in 77.
Two hundred and three cases were removed to the Isolation
Hospital at Palmers Green. Of these 173 were Scarlet Fever, 29
Diphtheria, and 1 Enteric Fever.
There were also 2 cases of Scarlet Fever and 1 of Diphtheria
admitted as patients from amongst the staff of the Hospital,
making the total number of patients 206.
The Infectious Sickness Rate of the District was 90
per 1,000 of the population, as against 7.0 in the preceding year.
Scarlet Fever.—As in the previous year, this disease was
again prevalent throughout the District, and no month passed
without some notifications, the minimum being 8 in the month
of January, and the maximum 32 in the month of May. The
type of the disease was, generally speaking, mild, a few cases
being of a more severe type.
There were 224 cases notified, as against 135 in the preceding
year, 126 in 1919, and 38 in 1918.