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53
SECTION F
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER ,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
The following infectious diseases are notifiable
to the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough:-
Scarlet Fever
Whooping Cough
Diphtheria (including membranous croup)
Measles (excluding Rubella)
Acute Pneumonia (primary or influenzal)
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
Acute Poliomyelitis
Acute Polioencephalitis
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica
Dysentery
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Puerperal Pyrexia
Smallpox
Paratyphoid Fevers
Enteric or Typhoid Fever (excluding Paratyphoid)
Erysipelas
Malaria
Cholera
Plague
Typhus
Relapsing Fever
Tuberculosis
In 1948 a total of 487 notifications of infectious
disease was received, compared with 345 in 1947. The increase
is mainly due to a considerable rise in the notification of
whooping cough among young children.
The following table gives an analysis of the cases
into age groups.