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No case of overcrowding was met with in any of the houses
inspected in connection with cases of infectious disease.
It is interesting to note that, of the 217 cases of notifiable
infectious disease reported during the year, only 21 occurred in
Council property, as follows :
Scarlet fever 6
Diphtheria 2
Erysipelas 2
Dysentery 1
Pneumonia 6
Tuberculosis 4
No cases were reported from the Church Army Housing Estate
at Barrow Close.
One hundred and five cases were removed to the Isolation
Hospital at Tbttenhall Road. Of these, 46 were admitted suffering
from scarlet fever, 1 from scarlet fever and chicken pox, 8 from
diphtheria, 17 from erysipelas, 1 from typhoid fever, 1 from
puerperal pyrexia, 5 from pneumonia, 3 from influenza, 2 from
whooping cough and pneumonia, 1 from whooping cough and
otorrhoea, 1 from whooping cough and ?mastoid, 1 from measles
and pneumonia, 1 from German measles and hematuria, ] from
mumps, and 5 from tonsillitis. Nine observation oases and 2
babies with mothers were also admitted. (As will be seen from
the portion of the Report dealing with the work of the Isolation
Hospital, the original diagnosis had to be amended on several
occasions).
Small-pox.—No cases of small-pox occurred in the district
during 1937.
The number of "contacts" reported from other districts has
fallen to a remarkable degree within the past few years, it being
now a rare occurrence to receive notification of the existence within
the Borough of such contacts.
Vaccination.—No primary vaccinations or re-vaccinationg
under the Public Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations, 1917,
were required during 1937.
Scarlet Fever.—Sixty-one cases of scarlet fever were notified
during the year, as against 74 in 1936.
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