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It is interesting to note that during the past five years, in which
time anti diphtheritic serum has been provided by the Council for
the use of medical practitioners, the case mortality has decreased
to 10.5 per cent. from 19.5 per cent. for the previous five years.
The removals to hospital numbered 25, or 69.4 per cent. of the
cases notified.
Twenty-seven per cent. were of school age and attended the
following schools, viz.:—Holy Trinity, 4; Haydon's Road, 2; Effra
Road, 1; Central, 1; Queen's Road, 1; and Merton, 1.
Serious insanitary defects were discovered at 10 of the houses
when examination was made after removal to hospital or recovery,
and steps taken for their remedy.
Typhoid
Fever.
Notifications in respect to 15 persons suffering from Typhoid or
Enteric Fever were received, the same number as last year, and
represented by an attack rate of .31 per thousand of the population.
Eight patients were removed to hospital, 3 of whom died, the
other fatal case occurred at home.
In Table C will be found this death-rate for the past 10 years.
The case mortality is 26.6 per cent. against 13 per cent. last
year, but these numbers are so small that reliable comparison
cannot be made.
No connection could be found between the several cases, and
considering the source of the water supply is from the River, and not
from deep wells, this number, 15, in a population of nearly 50,000,
can be considered satisfactory.
In two instances the diagnosis was confirmed by Widal's test,
the rest of the cases were typical, and, therefore, no need for
bacteriological examination.