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Non-Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
The number of cases of non-notifiable infect ious diseases reported
to me during the year from the elementary schools was as follows.
All these cases were visited in their homes by the school nurses,
to make sure that proper treatment is being obtained and the necessary
precautions taken.
Chicken-pox 24
Measles 2
Mumps 43
Whooping Cough 98
Skin Infections 4
171
The total of 171 is very small compared with 702 the corresponding
number for the previous year. The very low number is due
very largely to the almost entire absence of measles during the year.
Tuberculosis.
Table YII in the appendix shows that the total number of new
cases of tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Health Department
during the year was 58, 51 respiratory and 7 non-respiratory.
Of this number 51 were notified by doctors in the district or from
hospital, while 7 were transfers from other districts. The number
of notifications received in 1938 was 78.
The number of deaths certified as due to tuberculosis was 28,
of which 26 were caused by respiratory and 2 by non-respiratory
disease. In the previous year the corresponding numbers were 21
and 7. The death rate from tuberculosis was 0.55 per 1,000 of
population, as compared with 0.52 in 1938.
Daring the year 62 cases of tuberculosis were sent to hospital
or sanatorium. The institutions to which they were admitted are
shown overleaf.