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SECTION G. — PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL
OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
During the year there were 762 cases of infectious disease notified
compared with 306 in 1958, and 898 in 1957. The increase over 1958
was almost entirely due to the high incidence of measles.
The following infectious diseases are notifiable to the Medical
Officer of Health of the Borough :—
Smallpox
Cholera
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)
Erysipelas
Scarlet Fever
Typhus
Enteric or Typhoid Fever
Relapsing Fever
Tuberculosis (all forms)
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Malaria
Dysentery
Acute Primary Pneumonia
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia
Puerperal Pyrexia
Measles
Whooping Cough
Meningococcal Infection
Acute Poliomyelitis - Paralytic
Acute Poliomyelitis - Non-Paralytic
Acute Encephalitis - Infective
Acute Encephalitis - Post Infectious
Food Poisoning
Plague
Para-typhoid Fevers
Leprosy is notifiable direct to the Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry
of Health.
SMALLPOX.
No case of smallpox was notified in the Borough during the year,
nor were we required to undertake surveillance of any contacts.
From time to time notice is received of persons arriving in this
country from abroad who have been in contact with smallpox. All such
contacts are kept under observation until the possibility of developing
the disease has disappeared.
SCARLET FEVER.
There were 74 cases of scarlet fever notified during 1959 compared
with 80 in 1958, 59 in 1957, and 110 in 1956. Twelve of the cases were
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