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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 influenza)
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
Acute Poliomyelitis
Acute Polioencephalitis
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica
Acute Infective Encephalitis
Dysentery
Food Poisoning
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Puerperal Pyrexia
Smallpox
Paratyphoid Fevers
Enteric or Typhoid Fever(excluding Paratyphoid)
Erysipelas
Malaria
Cholera
Plague
Typhus
Relapsing Fever
Tuberculosis
In 1949 a total of 699 notifications of infectious disease
was received, compared with 487 in 1948. The increase is due
to a considerable rise in the notification of measles among
young children.
The following table gives an analysis of the cases into
age groups.