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SCARLET FEVER.
The number of cases notified was 333, as compared with 364 cases during the previous
year. It was subsequently ascertained that 23 cases were not regarded as cases of this disease.
The actual number of cases was therefore 310. No death occurred.
Return Cases.—This term is applied to cases of Scarlet Fever which occur in a house
within 28 days of the return from hospital of a previous case. There were three such cases
during the year.
Multiple cases in one house—that is, several cases occurring more or less together—are
not as frequent as one might expect. In nine families there were two such cases, in three
families there were three, and in one family there were four.
It is recommended to the friends of patients discharged from hospital after suffering
from scarlet fever:—
1. That, if practicable, for three weeks after leaving hospital, the patient should not
sleep in the same bed as children who have not had scarlet fever.
'2. That during this period articles used by the patient (such as cup, plate, spoon,
handkerchief, towels, and toys) should be kept distinct from those used by other children.
3. That the patient should not attend school for two weeks.
The above precautions are especially important in the case of those patients who have
a discharge from either nose or ears.
DIPHTHERIA.
The number of cases notified was 374, as compared with 614 cases during the previous
year. It was subsequently reported by the hospital authorities that 67 cases were not regarded
as cases of this disease. The actual number of cases was therefore 307. This equals an
attack rate of 1.7 per 1,000 of population. Eight deaths occurred, giving a case mortality of
2.6 per cent.