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A Sanitary Inspector is detailed to visit each notified
case and report on the condition of the premises, and also
to advise all contacts to consult the County Tuberculosis
Officer.
The efficiency of notification of Tuberculosis is fairly
good, and there have been no cases of wilful neglect or
refusal to notify, but the ratio of non-notified to total
deaths is 13:100.
No cases have arisen during the year in which any
action became necessary under the Public Health
(Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or the
Public Health Act, 1925, Section 62.
Disinfection of premises is carried out in all cases of
death, or when patients are admitted to hospital or
sanatorium.
OTHER NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
It is noteworthy that no cases of smallpox, encephalitis
lethargica, cerebro spinal fever or anterior poliomyelitis
have been notified this year.
NON-NOTIFIABLE ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Information with regard to these diseases is furnished
by the School Nurses, Health Visitors, School Attendance
Officers and Teachers.
The Medical Practitioners in the Borough also supply
much valuable data on occasions.
There were small outbreaks of Measles at Bonner Hill
Road Infants' and Richmond Road Infants' Schools in
February and March.
Chicken pox occurred at Richmond Road School in
March and Whooping Cough at St. John's School in April.
Three deaths were attributed to Influenza during the
year and no undue prevalence was reported.
The Sanitary Inspector, Mr. H. T. Perry, reports as
follows:—