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were afterwards found not to be suffering from this disease, thus
reducing the genuine cases to 34. This is an increase of 11 on the
number of cases notified during 1914. The attack rate is .16 per
1,000 living.
Of the 40 cases notified, 29 were removed to hospital. This
is equal to 72 per cent. The cases of enteric fever were evenly
distributed throughout the year, most of them (23) occurred in the
Central Sub-district. The deaths from enteric fever during the
same period numbered 5. This is equal to a mortaility rate of
14 per cent. attacked and .02 per 1,000 living.
During 1915 specimens of blood from 46 persons suspected to
be suffering from enteric fever were submitted to Widal's test,
of which 10 gave a positive and 36 a negative reaction.
Continued Fever.—Two cases of fever were notified as continued
fever during the year.
Typhus Fever.—No case of this disease was notified during
1915.
Puerperal Fever.—There were 9 cases of puerperal fever
notified during 1915, of which 6 were removed to hospital. The
deaths from puerperal fever and puerperal septicaemia numbered 3.
The attack-rate for the year is 1.8 per 1,000 births, and the deathrate
.6 per 1,000 births.
Plague.—No case of plague occurred in the Borough last year.
Erysipelas.—There were 224 cases of erysipelas notified during
1915. This is equal to an attack-rate of 1.0 per 1,000 living. Of the
224 cases notified, 33 were removed to hospital. The deaths from
erysipelas numbered 11. This gives a mortality rate of 5 per cent.
attacked and .05 per 1,000 living.