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DYSENTERY.
Ten cases of Bacillary Dysentery of the Sonne type
were notified, all of which were in-patients at the Surrey
County Hospital, Kingston. The illness generally was
of a mild type and there were no fatal cases.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Cases of Tuberculosis notified in the Borough come
under the administrative control of the Surrey County
Council.
Every effort is made to assist the County Medical
Officer and Tuberculosis Officer in their activities in the
area.
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 1 : 4.6.
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, or Section 172 of the
Public Health Act, 1936.
Disinfection of premises is carried out in all cases of
death, or when patients are admitted to hospital or
sanatorium.
The Tuberculosis Care Committee of the Surrey
County Council report on cases discharged from sanatorium,
when improved housing accommodation appears desirable.
The Housing Committee favourably consider those cases
recommended by the Medical Officer of Health for houses
on the Corporation Housing Estate.
OTHER NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
No cases of smallpox or encephalitis lethargica have
been notified this year.