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The following articles were destroyed : 5 mattresses, 1 sheet, 1 blanket.
Cancer.
It will be seen by the table of causes of death (Table II of Appendix) that in 1942,
72 cases (34 males and 38 females) died from cancer. (See Appendix, Tables XXIII and
XXIV.) An increase in cancer mortality will be noted.
Special Infectious Diseases.
Smallpox (Variola).
No patients with smallpox or contacts of cases of smallpox were notified to the
Department during the year. No work was done under the Public Health (Smallpox
prevention) Regulation, 1917.
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina).
The number of notifications received during the year was 100 as compared with
59 for the previous year.
Of these, 94 were removed to the Isolation Hospital.
The cases of scarlet fever were mild in character with few complications.
Diphtheria.
There were 22 cases of diphtheria notified as compared with 60 in 1941. All the
cases were removed to the Isolation Hospital. There was one death from diphtheria of
residents during the year.
Diphtheria Prevention.
The campaign for immunising all school children and pre-school children continued
throughout the year. The figures of immunisations performed show an increase over those
of 1941, undoubtedly due to local efforts and the Ministry of Health broadcasts.

During the year the number of sessions for diphtheria immunisation at Council
clinics was increased by the commencing of a weekly clinic on Monday afternoons at the
Branch Health Centre.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There were 6 cases of ophthalmia neonatorum notified in 1942.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
No case was notified in the Borough during the year.
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