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Typhoid Fever.
One case of typhoid fever was notified in the person of a young
male student. The disease was contracted abroad and prompt
measures taken on receipt of notification, prevented any spread of
the infection.
Scarlet Fever.
Ninety-six cases of Scarlet Fever were notified. Forty-eight
of these cases were removed to hospital, and the remainder home
nursed.
This disease continued to be mild in character and the distribution
of the cases was fairly even throughout the area.
There were no " return cases " nor were any deaths from this
disease recorded in the district.
The tendency for the severity of this disease to be much
diminished in recent years has been commented upon previously,
and at the moment there seems no indication that a change for the
worse is in any Way likely in the near future. In my own mind I
find it difficult to decide whether the organism causing the disease
has lost a great deal of its virulence, or whether the generally
improved standard of living has built up such a strong generation
that the human body is now able to cope with the invader very
much more effectively. It may well be, of course, that a combination
of these circumstances is responsible, but whatever the cause,
the results can only be counted as eminently satisfactory.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
There were three cases notified, of which one was institutionally
treated.
No deaths were registered in the area.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Three cases were notified, all of which made a satisfactory
recovery with no impairment of vision.