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SECTION VII.— PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL
OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
NOTIFICATIONS.
The total number of notifications, excluding duplicates,
was 1,375, compared with 1,472 in 1924 and 1,187 in 1923.
In addition 1,916 cases of measles, including German measles,
came to the knowledge of the Department, mainly through
the school medical service. Detailed statistics relating to
the incidence of infectious disease, each year since 1901, will
be found in Table No. 50.
The following diseases are notifiable in the Borough:—
Anthrax. Ophthalmia neonatorum.
Cerebro-spinal meningitis. Pneumonia, Acute Primary.
Cholera. Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal.
Continued Fever. Poliomyelitis.
Diphtheria. Plague.
Dysentery. Puerperal Fever.
Encephalitis Lethargica. Relapsing Fever.
Erysipelas. Scarlet Fever.
Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever. Small Pox.
Glanders. Trench Fever.
Hydrophobia. Tuberculosis.
Malaria. Typhus Fever.
Membranous Croup. Zymotic Enteritis.
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 disease notified during
the year; the number of cases admitted to hospital or sanatorium;
the total number of deaths occurring from these
diseases, and the distribution and case-rate per 1,000 of the
population of the various registration districts in the Borough.