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221 Notifications of Statutory infectious
diseases were received, and does not include
Measles or Whooping Cough, which annually
destroy a large number of young people.
It will be seen by reference to Table B, on
pages 13 & 14, that of the 189 persons who were
attacked during 1894, 124 or 65.6 per cent.
were removed to Hospital. Only seven of the
40 cases of Erysipelas were so treated, but
deducting these we note that of the remainder,
viz. : Small-pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Membranous Croup, Typhoid, and Puerperal
Fever, 78.5 per cent. were taken to an isolation
hospital.
Of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, no less than
86.8 per cent. of each disease were removed.
187 Premises were disinfected after infectious
disease. The difference between the
number of notifications received and the number
of premises disinfected, is accounted for
by the fact that in some instances several
cases occurred in one house, whilst in others
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notifications were received in duplicate.