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(j) Puerperal Fever.— There were 7 cases of Puerperal Fever
notified during the year; of these two died in the Emergency Hospital
and one in the London Hospital. The remaining four cases
recovered. Two were treated at the Isolation Hospital, one in the.
London Hospital and one at home.
2. Zymotic Diseases.—The deaths registered were as
follows:—
Small-pox —
Measles 2
Scarlet Fever 1
Whooping Cough 4
Diphtheria and Croup 5
Enteric Fever I
Diarrhoœa 9
This gives a Zymotic death-rate for 1923 of .26 per 1,000 of
the net population.
The Zymotic death-rate for the previous five years was .32
in 1922; .37 in 1921; .53 in 1920; .31 in 1919; and .42 in 1918.
(3) Tuberculosis.— During the year 1923 there were 106
new notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 25 of other
forms of Tuberculosis.