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106
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
where 2 died, while of the remaining 5'5 treated at home only 1
died. The total case of mortality was therefore only 2'25 per
cent. The disease was of a very mild type, and could hardly be
said to have been present in epidemic form. The number of notifications
in each month is given in Table VII. and this shows that
the maximum number was notified in January, and the minimum
in June.
Diphtheria. 110 cases were notified, with 12 deaths, ''59 cases were
removed to Hospital, and of these cases 4 died or 10 2 per cent.,
while of 71 cases treated at home 8 died or 112 per cent. The
total case mortality being 10-9 per cent.
The number of deaths at home is 5 below the corrected average.
Last year 20 deaths resulted from diphtheria, and this was 7*8
above the corrected decennial average.
The following statistics, taken in connection with the monthly
notifications'given in Table VII., certainly show that school attendance
remains' a factor in the spread of diphtheria. It will be seen
from these that the greater number of cases occur between the ages
of 5 and 15. and also from Table VII. that the minimum number
of notifications occur during holiday season.

Membranous
Croup.
13 notifications of this were received as against 27
last year. Of these 9 or 68"9 per cent. died.
This year as last year the larger number of cases occurred in
children under school age, as will be seen from the followiug Table