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Other Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
Excepting the Pneumonias and Tuberculosis, only
sporadic cases of other notifiable infectious diseases
occurred during 1931: 2 cases of puerperal infection,
14 cases of erysipelas, 1 case of typhoid fever, 1 of
cerebro-spinal fever, 1 of malaria, and 3 of ophthalmia
neonatorum.
Isolated cases of acute infectious disease such as
Typhoid Fever and Cerebro-Spinal Fever always create
some anxiety, as they may be the forerunner of an
epidemic. Especially is this so with Typhoid Fever,
which not infreqiiently escapes notification owing to the
irregularity of its symptoms and the difficulties of
diagnosis. To-day, when camping and hiking are the
rage, there is an increased risk of infection being brought
back into the towns unless all camping sites can be
guaranteed an unpolluted water supply.
Vaccination.
I am indebted to the Relieving Officers for the
following statistics dealing with primary Vaccination
Acts.
It will be noted that only 214 children under one
year of age were vaccinated compared with 617 born in
the area. This is equivalent to only 35 per cent, and
indicates the failure of the present Vaccination Acts.
Voluntary vaccination would, I am sure, give more satisfactory
results, provided the authority is placed in the
hands of the Maternity and Child Welfare Authority.
Total. Under 1 year. Over 1 year.
Bromley N 158 118 40
Bromley S 103 96 7
Tuberculosis.
The incidence of Tuberculosis shows a slight fall as
compared with 1930. Appendix X. shows a tabulation
ot notified cases in age groups together with mortality,
ihe middle age groups are again the more severely
affected.