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Scarlet Fever.
The number of cases of Scarlet Fever notified in each of the
last eight years is set out below.
Year. No. of Cases Notified.
1901 214
1902 251
1903 165
1904 159
1905 170
1906 385
1907 314
1908 265
The deaths from Scarlet Fever in 1908 were 7, as compared
with 5 in the previous year. The number of cases and the
number of deaths per 1000 of the population were 2.86 and 0.07
respectively, and the case mortality, or percentage of deaths to
cases, was 2.6. The corresponding figures in 1907 were 3.45, 0.05
and 1.6 respectively.
Of the cases notified, 2.26, or 85 per cent., were removed to
hospital. The corresponding percentage in 1907 was 84.
The sanitary condition of every house in which a case of
Scarlet Fever occurred was thoroughly investigated, and the
following defects were discovered:—
Drains defective 47
Soil pipes defective 18
Water supplies defective 34
Other defects 48
The following table shows the number of cases occurring each
month in the various wards:—