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Dysentery.
None were notified.
Erysipelas.
29 cases of this disease were notified, of whom 16 weie West
Middlesex Hospital cases, the persons affected being non-residents,
with the exception of 3. No deaths were recorded from this
disease. Two cases occurred at Mogden.
Puerperal Fever.
12 cases of this disease were notified, all were institution
cases, the persons affected being non-residents, with the exception
of one.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Five children were notified as suffering from this disease.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
There were three cases notified of this disease.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
Four cases of this disease were notified and one proved fatal.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
There was one case notified.
Pneumonia.
127 cases were notified, 64 being non-residents in the Infirmary.
Malaria.
There were no cases notified during the year.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
The number of new cases notified during the year was ol19
cases (or over 33%) were notified from Institutions:—
Sanatoria 14, Infirmary 1, General Hospitals 4.
The large proportion of cases which come under observation
for the first time as a result of notification from an Institution
would appear to show that the notification of cases by private
practitioners, is not as complete as it should be.