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Small Pox
No case of small pox was notified during the year 1947.
Scarlet Fever
The number of cases of scarlet fever notified during the year
was 62 as compared with 95 in 1946, equivalent to a case rate of
0 96 per 1,000 population. The disease has continued mild in
character and no deaths due to this cause were recorded. Of the
total number of cases notified 44 were treated in hospital, and
18 cases were treated at home.
The patient's home was disinfected after his removal to
hospital or his release from isolation, but steam disinfection of
the bedding has been discontinued as a routine procedure.
Diphtheria
Four cases of diphtheria were notified during the year and
all cases were removed to hospital for treatment; contacts are
swabbed as a routine. Every case recovered.
The following table gives details of notifications and the
number of each age group immunised:—