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PNEUMONIA, MALARIA, DYSENTERY AND TRENCH
FEVER.
During the year the following number of cases were notified:—
Pneumonia 345
Malaria 11
Dysentery —
Trench Fever —
These diseases are compulsorily notifiable under the Public
Health Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery, etc.), Regulations,
1918.
The deaths from pneumonia during the past four years
were:—
1919 1920 1921 1922
125 97 98 116
It will be seen from Table No. 24 that there has been a
steady increase each year in the number of notifications of
pneumonia, but it must be pointed out that this increase is
only partly a true increase. It is again desirable to draw the
attention of medical practitioners to the fact that all forms
of primary pneumonias are notifiable and that the only secondary
pneumonia which is notifiable is influenzal pneumonia,
because it is believed that some dubiety still exists amongst
them with regard to this.
Nursing Provision. I am informed by the Secretaries of
the various voluntary Nursing Associations in the Borough
that the following numbers of cases of pneumonia Were nursed
during the year:—
Woolwich and Plumstead Nursing Association 100
St. Luke's Parish, Eltham 22