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Smallpox:—No cases occurred during the year.
Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid:—There was a slight decrease
in the number of cases notified during 1928—4 cases
of typhoid and 6 paratyphoid "B" cases. No source of
infection could be traced in any case, and there was certainly
no possibility of one case having infected another.
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia:—Two cases of puerperal fever
and 6 cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified, of which the
2 cases of fever and 2 cases of pyrexia were removed to
hospital.
Encephalitis Letliargica.—One case was notified and
admitted to hospital.
Two cases of malaria were notified.
Control of Infectious Outbreaks:—In connection with
outbreaks of infectious diseases many local authorities, advised
by their medical officers, are placing less importance than
formerly on the value of chemical disinfection of the home.
Some, indeed, have abolished disinfection in many of the
milder diseases, and rely entirely on a thorough soap and
water cleansing and "flushing" of rooms by fresh air. Much
depends on the views that the medical officer holds in regard
to the way in which these diseases are spread and carried.
The arranging of disinfection is occasionally a matter of
some difficulty, more especially in these days of overcrowding
when families occupy only one room in a house.
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