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NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The diseases compulsorily notifiable under the Infectious
Diseases Notification Act, 1889, are Small-Pox,
Cholera, Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Scarlet Fever
or Scarlatina, and the fevers known as Typhus, Typhoid
or Enteric, Relapsing, Continued and Puerperal. Since
the year 1909 Pulmonary Tuberculosis is in certain
circumstances notifiable and will become generally so
on January 1st, 1912. Towards the end of the year a
circular letter was received from the Local Government
Board suggesting that your Council should order the
Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act, 1889, to apply to
Acute Poliomyelitis and Cerebrospinal Fever. I reported
in favour of the recommendation, and these diseases
will be added to the list of diseases notifiable in this
District during the ensuing year. 15 cases of Infectious
Disease were notified during the year, one of these, a case
of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a pauper, being notified
doubly. Of these, 10 were cases of Diphtheria, 2 of
Scarlet Fever, 1 of Erysipelas, and 2 of Phthisis. None
of these cases proved fatal.
SMALL-POX and VACCINATION.
No case of Small-Pox appeared in the neighbourhood
during the year, but a notice was received from the Port
of London Sanitary Authority in April informing me
that a passenger had landed in London from a ship on
which a case of Small-Pox had occurred during the
voyage, and that he was proceeding to this District.
I visited the passenger in question, and he was kept
under observation.
The Vaccination Officer has kindly informed me that
during the year 16 successful primary vaccinations were
registered, and that 8 children were exempted through
the agency of "Conscientious Objection" certificates.
I am sorry to observe that there is a marked decline in
the amount of Vaccination in this District.