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deaths were in males and eight in females. One death
occurred in a man aged 79 and the oilier nine were all
in children under eight years of age, the ages being as
follows : 13/4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6 and 7 years.
Anti-Toxin. During the year medical practitioners
were supplied with 376,000 units of anti-toxin.
Scarlet Fever.
Notification. Five hundred and forty-three cases
were notified during the year, an increase of 212 compared
with 1931. The attack rate was equal to 3.0 per
thousand of the population; more females being affected
by the disease than males in the proportion of 294 to
249 cases.
As regards the season Scarlet Fever prevailed all
the year round, being more prevalent during the last four
months of the year. The following figures show the
number of notifications received during each month of
the year :
First Quarter:—
January 29
Februarya 16
March 28
Second Quarter:—
April 25
May 41
June 44
Third Quarter:—
July 29
August 33
September 61
Fourth Quarter:—
October 97
November 84
December 56