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SECTION III.—NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
NOTIFICATIONS.
The total number of notifications, excluding duplicates,
was 1,472, compared with 1,187 in 1923. In addition, 2,679
cases of Measles (including German Measles) came to the
knowledge of the Department, mainly through the school
service. Compared with 1923, there is an increase of 43 in
the number of cases of Diphtheria and 106 in the number of
cases of Scarlet Fever. The number of notifications of Pneumonia
received was 354, compared with 242 in the previous year.
There is also an increase of 31 in the number of cases (342)
of Tuberculosis notified. In 1923, 17 deaths from nonnotified
Tuberculosis occurred and in 1924, 27 deaths. Of
these non-notified deaths, 6 occurred in Asylums, 6 in Poor
Law Infirmaries, 5 in special hospitals, and 3 in general
hospitals.
In the Annual Report for 1923, the diseases which are
notifiable in the Borough of Woolwich were set out fully,
and it is considered unnecessary to repeat the fist this year.
The following four Tables are published in accordance with
the requirements of the Ministry of Health and show the
total number of cases of infectious diseases notified during
the year, the total number of deaths occurring amongst
these cases, and the distribution and case rate per 1,000
population in the various registration districts in the Borough.
Table No. 30, which follows thereafter, shows the incidence
of infectious disease in the Borough each year since 1901.