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Smallpox.
No cases occurred in the Borough. A few contacts arriving here
of cases which originated abroad were supervised during the period
of possible incubation.
Erysipelas.
Eight cases were notified during the year, and all were mild and
recovered.
Scarlet Fever.
There were 48 cases during the year, almost all of them were
young children and as in recent years, very mild. In only one case
was there any complication, this was a child of 4 who developed an
ear discharge which lasted for about a month. It is interesting to note
that only in 5 cases was a source of infection in the family or at
school even suspected.
Influenzal Pneumonia.
Two cases were notified during the last quarter of the year. In
both instances the illness was severe and death occurred in one case.
Acute Primary Pneumonia.
Forty-one cases were notified and these were distributed
throughout the year with but little preponderance in the winter
months. Thirty-one cases were severe and there were 2 deaths. In
these 2 cases (one a male of 58, and one a female of 64) the home
conditions were noted as particularly poor; both, however, were
treated in hospital.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
One case was notified but there was no probability of the
infection having been venereal in character, and there was full
recovery. This case occurred in hospital.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Six cases were notified. Four cases were in hospitals and 2
had deliveries (in one case an abortion) at home, but were later
admitted to hospital. All cases were mild and recovered except for
one which arose in hospital and pyrexia was discovered to be due to
Tuberculosis.