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SECTIONF
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)
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 Para-typhoid)
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 1954 a total of 569 notifications of infectious
disease was receivedj, compared with 563 in 1953. This slight
increase is due only to a rise in the number of notifications
of measles and puerperal pyrexia, and does not indicate an
increase in infectious disease generally.
The following table gives an analysis of the cases into
age groups.