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PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
General.
On reference to the table showing total cases notified of infectious
diseases 1910-1932, it will be seen that there was a very
substantial increase in the notifications received of Scarlet Fever
for 1932. Until the end of August the number of cases notified
had been normal, but during the last four months of the year
the disease became mildly epidemic, approximately 450 cases
occurring during that period. It spread throughout the Borough
from the North to the South, the two districts most affected being
Manor Park and North Woolwich. Fortunately it was of a mild
character.
The deaths from the seven principal zymotic diseases
(Smallpox, Whooping Cough, Measles, Diphtheria, Diarrhoea,
Scarlet Fever and Enteric Fever) during the year numbered 57,
equivalent to a zymotic death rate of 0.4 per 1,000 population.
Smallpox.
Again I am pleased to be able to report that the number of
cases of this disease notified during the year under review had
decreased from 51 (1931) to 13, and that all the patients suffered
from the mild form of Smallpox experienced in recent years.
The tabulated particulars of these cases are shown in the
following table :—