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The cases removed to hospital included four hundred and
thirty-nine of Scarlet Fever, two hundred and twenty-two of
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup, one hundred and fortyfive
of Enteric, three of Puerperal Fever, and forty-one of
Erysipelas.
The total mortality from notifiable diseases was ninetyseven,
fifty-one occurring in hospital, and forty-six at the
homes of the deceased. The average for the preceding three
years was one hundred and seventy-one per annum. The
excellent record for the year will be seen upon reference to
Table XVII. Of the ninety-seven deaths, thirty-two were from
Diphtheria, thirty-two from Enteric Fever, seventeen from
Enteric Fever, thirteen from Scarlet Fever, and three from
Puerperal Fever.
As further evidence of the enormous reduction in the
mortality it will be observed that the deaths from all notifiable
diseases were only equal in number to the average annual
mortality during the preceding three years from one disease,
namely, Diphtheria.
Various tables are inserted in this report to assist in
indicating the prevalence of infectious disease during the
various periods of the year, and this applies more particularly
to Table XIV., which shews the number of notifications of each
disease received during the fifty-two weeks of the year, and
the same information is more graphically recorded in the chart
facing page 43. It will there be seen that notifiable infectious
disease was at its lowest in the first week of September, and
at its highest in the second and third weeks of October. The
month of November was marked by a continuous succession of
rises and falls, and the months of April, May, June, July and
August shewed the greatest general freedom. The largest
number of cases occurred in the month of November, and the
greatest freedom prevailed in .that of July.