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During the past year the active measures adopted to combat
this disease have been continued, and the following cases will
explain in a measure how the disease is spread:—
N. S., 168, V. Road, was discharged from the Hospital on
February 22nd, after suffering from an attack of Diphtheria, and
on being examined bacteriologically some few days afterwards
was found to give a positive result. This information was conveyed
to the parents with a request that they should call in their
usual medical attendant and to keep the patient isolated. This
isolation was carried out for some time, and frequent bacteriological
examinations from swabbings from the throat were made
giving positive results, in fact so long that the parties concerned
as well as the Medical Attendant began to look with suspicion
upon the report of the bacteriologist, as no clinical symptoms
manifested themselves throughout the whole of this period, and a
negative report was not obtained until the 3rd April. In the
meantime, on March 8th, the brother had developed Diphtheria
and had been removed to Hospital for treatment.
C. B., 52, L. Road, after having suffered from both Scarlet
Fever and Diphtheria in the Hospital, was discharged on March
7th. His sister began to be ill on the day after his discharge
developing Scarlet fever. She was removed to the Hospjtal on
the 10th March, and on the other members of the family being
examined on the 11th, Charles was still found to have the
diphtheria organisms present in his throat. He was again
removed to the Hospital, not being discharged until the 14th May,
when a bacteriological examination gave a negative result.
W. H., 31, L. Road, was notified to be suffering from Diphtheria,
and was removed to the Hospital on March 31st. On the