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SECTION III.—NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
NOTIFICATIONS.
The total number of notifications, excluding duplicates,
was 1,381, compared with 4,430 in 1922 and 3,611 in 1921.
The decrease is due chiefly to the absence of measles, but
there has been a diminution in the incidence of diphtheria,
scarlet fever and pneumonia. Table 26 shews the notifications
in detail for each Parish, and Table No. 24 shews the
number of cases removed to hospital or sanatorium. The
incidence of tuberculosis shews a slight increase this year,
there being 311 cases notified compared with 305 in the
previous year, but against this must be set the fact that in
1922, 32 deaths of non-notified tuberculosis occurred, whereas
in 1923 only 17 occurred. The ratio between non-notified and
the total tuberculosis deaths in 1922 was as 1 is to 6, and
in 1923 was, as 1 is to 11.
The following diseases are notifiable in the Borough:—
(1) Pubhc Health (London) Act, 1891 (Section 55):—
Cholera Puerperal fever
Continued fever Relapsing fever
Diphtheria Scarlatina or Scarlet
Enteric fever Smallpox (fever
Erysipelas Typhoid fever
Membranous croup Typhus fever.