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SECTION III.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The incidence of these diseases has diminished considerably during the
year; this also has been the experience of London and the Outer Ring of
Suburbs.
Early in the year, owing to reasons of economy, the ambulance nurse
was discharged; since March 1st, the patient has been accompanied in the
ambulance by a relative, or, as in some cases, by a friend.
Contacts of scarlet fever and diphtheria of school age and under, are seen
by me at the Town Hall usually within 24 hours of the removal of the patient;
in the case of the latter disease, swabs of the throat or nose are taken.
Children returning from the Isolation Hospital are inspected in the week
following their discharge, to assess their fitness for school.