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NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The total cases of infections diseases notified numbered 383.
This is equivalent to an attack-rate of 41 per 1,000 of the population.
The following shows the number of cases of each disease notified:—
Scarlet Fever 265
Enteric Fever 24
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 55
Puerperal Fever 6
Erysipelas 33
The number of fatal cases was 20, equal to 5.2 per cent. of the
cases notified. The deaths were distributed as follows:—
DISEASE
WARDS.
Totals.
No. 1
(Town).
No. 2
(Belsize).
No. 3
(Adelaide).
No. 4
(Central.)
No. 5
(West End).
No. 6
(Kilburn).
No. 7
(Priory).
Scarlet Fever
...
1
...
...
6
...
...
7
Enteric Fever
1
...
...
...
3
...
...
4
Diphtheria and Membranous
Croup
...
...
2
...
...
2
1
5
Puerperal Fever
...
...
...
1
1
2
...
4
Erysipelas
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Totals
1
1
2
1
10
4
1
20
The death rate from the notifiable infectious diseases was
0.21 per 1,000 of the population.
The following table shows the attack and death rates from
Smallpox, Diphtheria and Membranous Croup, Erysipelas, Scarlet
Fever and Enteric Fever, for the period 1891-1908:—