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CHICKEN POX.
(No death).
The school authorities reported a total of 349
children with Chicken Pox; all were visited by the
Inspectors and doubtful cases referred to me. In some
of these the rash was so extensive as to give rise to a
suspicion of Small-pox, but no case of this disease was
discovered.
ERYSIPELAS.
The actual number of notifications of this disease
was 243, no fewer than 53 of which were duplicates.
The disease proved fatal in ten instances out of 190.
It is not our custom to disinfect after Erysipelas;
removal (except to the Infirmary) is almost impossible,
as the General Hospitals will not accept cases of
Erysipelas owing to the danger of conveying the disease
to other patients with open wounds. In these circumstances
I fail to see any good purpose served by the
compulsory notification of this disease.
DISEASES OF PARTURITION.
Sixteen cases of Puerperal Fever were reported,
with nine deaths. Six other women died from one or
other of the diseases and accidents incidental to the
puerperal state, these being :—
Ante-partum haemorrhage 3
Post-partum haemorrhage 1
Endocarditis 1
Eclampsia 1