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SECTION F
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
The following infectious diseases are notifiable to
the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough:-
Scarlet Fever
Whooplag Cough
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)
Measles (excluding Rubella)
Acute Pneumonia (primary or influenzal)
Meningococcal Infection
Acute Poliomyelitis - Paralytic
" „ Non-paralytic
Acute Encephalitis - Infective
„ „ Post Infectious
Dysentery
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Puerperal Pyrexia
Smallpox
Para-typhoid Fevers
Enteric or Typhoid Fever (excluding Paratyphoid)
Food Poisoning
Erysipelas
Chickenpox
Malaria
Cholera
Plague
Typhus Fever
Relapsing Fever
Tuberculosis
Leprosy is notifiable by General Medical Practitioners
direct to the Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health
In 1953 a total of 563 notifications of infectious
disease was received compared with 510 in 19520 This
increase is due to a rise in the number of notifications of
measles and whooping cough.
The following table gives an analysis of the cases
into age groups.