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Not infrequently infected ships reach our ports, and
passengers and crew who show no symptoms of the disease
are placed under no restraint. Sporadic cases are constantly
occurring in different quarters of the Kingdom. The
importation of the disease within this district would, in the
existing state of affairs, set alight an epidemic that would be
unsurpassed in its virulence and mortality.
SCARLET FEVER.
591 notifications of Scarlet Fever were sent to us in
1913, but there were only 585 actual cases of the disease.
One case only terminated fatally, giving a fatality rate (i.e. the
percentage fatality amongst those affected) of .17 per cent. as
compared with .62 in 1912; .4 in 1911; 1.5 in 1910; 1.7 in
1909; and 1.8 in 1908.
The death rate from Scarlet Fever was .006, as compared
with .04 in 1912, .007 in 1911, .02 in 1910, and .06 in 1909.
The following table shows the incidence and mortality
from the disease in the various wards.