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Scarlet Fever.
There were but 22 cases of this disease
notified, as against 59 of the year before, and of
these 17 were removed to the Isolation Hospital.
All the cases were favourable and there were
no deaths.
Diphtheria.
There were 19 cases notified, distributed
thus:—Surbiton 8, Tolworth 3, Hook and Southborough
8. These latter constituted a small outbreak,
occurring mostly in one or two roads,
and was probably due to personal infection from
an undetected case that subseqently came to light,
and was found to have been living in a house, the
sanitary arrangements of which were very bad,
it having at that time no adequate water supply.
One case was fatal. Of these 19 cases 16 were
treated in the Isolation Hospital.
Enteric Fever
Two cases, and in neither was the cause
satisfactorily ascertained, but in one oysters were
strongly suspected, and with some show of reason.
Both recovered.
Measles.
Though this is not a notifiable disease it is
necessary to report that the complaint was exceptionally
prevalent in the Christ Church district
during November and December. As not only
were there a very large number of children ill, but
as there was great danger of convalescent and
ailing children contracting lung troubles from
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