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RINGWORM.
Two hundred and thirty-six fresh cases of this
complaint, in addition to the balance left over from the
previous year, were treated as out patients at the
hospital.
BACTERIOLOGY.
Owing to the diminished number of diphtheria
cases admitted to hospital the number of preparations
examined was 1,267, or 326 less than in 1906.
Amongst these are included 484 examinations made
for practitioners in the neighbourhood.
SICK STAFF.
A rather high proportion of sickness occurred
amongst the Staff, sixty-four members being off duty
for periods exceeding 24 hours at a time.
The total number of days they remained off duty
amounted to 924, or an average of 14-2 days per sick
person. The average number of staff employed during
the year was seventy-five.
Unfortunately nine members of the staff contracted
complaints as a consequence of infection caught