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INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
and the Tuberculosis Regulations, 1635 cases of infectious diseases
were notified, as compared with 1,873 in 1921. In the Table will be
found a list of cases notified and their distribution in the several
Wards.
To the seven principal epidemic diseases, viz:- Sinall-pox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Enteric Fever
and Infantile Diarrhoea, 157 deaths were ascribed, and the death-rate
was 1.38 per 1,000 as against 0.86 in the preceding year. A preceding
table indicates the number of deaths and the death-rates from these
diseases during the past ten years.
There was a marked increase in the cases of Measles and
Whooping Cough during 1922. Diphtheria also showed an increase.
Cases of Diarrhoea were markedly fewer.
Small-Pox.
One case of Small-Pox was notified during the year, but the diagnosis
was not confirmed.
Scarlet Fever.
547 persons were notified as suffering from this disease during the
year under report as compared with a total of 951 for the previous year.
Included in this total are 14 patients who, after removal to hospital,
were certified to be not suffering from the disease in question.
There were 39 deaths as compared with 13, 2 and 9 in the three
preceding years.
Diphtheria.
The total number of patients certified to be suffering from Diphtheria
was 459 as compared with a total of 363 for the previous year. Of
this number 13 were errors of diagnosis.
There were 11 deaths as compared with 13, 21 and 16 for the three
preceding years.
Enteric Fever.
Seven cases of Enteric Fever were notified, as compared with
9 in the previous year. There were two deaths.
Acute Primary Pneumonia and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
These diseases are compulsorily notifiable under the Public Health
(Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery, etc., Regulations), 1918.
125 cases were notified during the year.