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The question of adequate hospital accommodation for
patients suffering from these diseases received the earnest
consideration of the Joint Hospitals' Committee and it will be
found discussed in the report of Dr. T. Orr—the Medical
Superintendent—which I am privileged to attach to this report.
(b) Other Diseases.
Nine cases of Puerperal Pyrexia were notified, seven of
these being inmates of hospitals, but all subsequently received
hospital treatment. Five cases of Puerperal Fever occurred,
two being notified from hospitals ; the disease proved fatal in
three cases.
One case of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis was notified and
treated in the Willesden Isolation Hospital by arrangement with
the Joint Hospitals' Committee. The patient—a female of
48 years of age—was in hospital for a period of just over
14 weeks, being discharged as recovered at that time. The
patient is now apparently enjoying normal health.
Influenza was more prevalent during the year and was
responsible for 28 deaths, while 79 cases of Pneumonia were
notified under the 'Regulations of 1927.
So far as the non-notifiable infectious diseases were
concerned, the table set out on page 58 of the School Medical
Service report serves to shew the prevalence of these complaints
among the children attending the elementary schools of the
Borough.
(c) Tuberculosis.
Table D at the commencement of this section sets out the
number of new cases of Tuberculosis notified, and it is an
interesting fact that the number has varied very little during
the past five years. This disease in all its forms was responsible
for 55 deaths. There is no evidence that the incidence of or
mortality from this disease was peculiar to any specific occupation,
and no trouble was experienced as regards the nonnotification
of the disease.
(d) Disinfection and Disinfestation.
The method of disinfection employed in previous years,
viz., formalin spraying and fumigation with formaldehyde gas,
was again employed, the stoving of bedding, etc., being undertaken
only after Tuberculosis and special cases.