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During 4 weeks ending- 5and under. 5 to 15 Over 15 Totals.
Jan. 28 1 (went in to Hospital with Scarlet Fever 1
and at the end of 47 days contracted
Diphtheria)
Feb. 25 H 1
H 2
1
4
Mar. 25
H7
3
H 2
2
14
Apr. 22
h2 1 3
May 20
H 1
2
H 1 1 5
June 17 H 1
H 1
1
1 4
July 15 5
H 1
1
7
During 6 weeks ending—
Aug. 26
7
H 1
2 (one c'ase came from
Skegness and died next
day
10
During 4 weeks ending—
Sept. 23
H 5
3
2 10
Oct. 21 8 3 1 12
Nov. 18
H 2
6
1 9
During 6 weeks ending—
Dec. 30
H 1
7
1 H 1 10
48 13 6 89
Hospital 15 6 1
Totals 63 19 7
Note—These returns include Membranous Croup.
The epidemic account is as follows :—
516 notifications—89 deaths, about 1 in every 5, of these 21 died
in hospitals. Of the 510 notifications, 199 referred to children 5 years
of age and under; of these 199, 63 died, about 1 in 3, 14 died in
hospitals. 176 referred to children between the ages of 6 and 15, of
these 19 died, 6 in hospitals; the remaining 141 referred to persons
over 16, and of these 7 died, 1 in a hospital.