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*No figures available.
Diphtheria. The year 1936 was an exceptionally favourable
one in respect of diphtheria prevalence. The year under
review improved still further on 1936. Twenty-two cases were
notified compared with 28 in the year before, and the incidence
rate falls further to 0.33 per 1,000 of the population,
which is again a record low one for the district. It compares
with a corresponding rate for England and Wales of 1.49.
The figures in respect of the various wards show that for
1937 incidence was heaviest in the Park Ward where social
conditions are probably the least favourable for the spread of
infectious disease. This somewhat unusual feature is no doubt
partly due to the influence of artificial immunisation which
during the last two or three years has been fairly extensively
practised through the public services on the St. Helier Estate,
and in those wards which make more use of clinic facilities.
Four deaths resulted from diphtheria. One was a male
aged 3 years and three were females aged 5 years, 2 years and
11 months. This gives a death rate for diphtheria of 0.06 per
1,000 population compared with a rate of 0.07 for England and
Wales.
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