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NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Whooping Cough.
This disease was made compulsorily notifiable by medical
practitioners in October, 1939, and 5 cases were notified during the
last three months of the year.
Prior to this date the number of cases reported to me by Head
Teachers was 65, making a total of 70 cases for the year.
All the cases were home-visited by the Health Visitors, who
made 59 re-visits in following-up—129 home-visits in all.
Seven of the cases were admitted to the Isolation Hospital.
Comparative death-rates from whooping cough in Barnes and
in other districts during 1939 and the previous four years will be
found in the Appendix to this Report.
TUBERCULOSIS.
During 1939, 35 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 3 cases of
non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified, representing an incidencerate
of 0.90 cases per 1,000 of the population for pulmonary tuberculosis,
and 0.97 for all forms of the disease.
Notification Register.
The Register of Notifications has been kept revised in accordance
with the requirements of the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1930. The number of cases added to or removed from the Register
during the year and the number remaining on the Register on December
31st, 1939 are as under:—

* Included in these figures are six patients whose names were restored
to the Register.