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II.—NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
In Table V of Appendix will be found particulars of infectious
diseases notified during the year under report.
The number of cases of infectious diseases notified, exclusive of
notifications of tuberculosis, which numbered 316, was 1,264,
compared with 959 in 1923 and 2,077 in 1922.
The attack rate per thousand inhabitants was 10·35, against
7·88 in 1923.
86 cases were returned from hospital as not suffering from the
disease for which they were notified, but, if allowance is made for
mild unreported cases, the recorded notifications would, if anything,
understate the actual number of cases.
Diphtheria.
There were 541 cases of diphtheria notified in 1924 as against
586 cases in 1923.
The attack rate per thousand inhabitants was 4·43, against
4·81 in 1923. The case mortality was 4·6 per cent., against 5·6 per
cent. in 1923 and 8·1 per cent. in 1922. 54 cases were returned as
not suffering from this disease.
Small Pox.
There were no cases notified during 1924.
Scarlet Fever.
The notifications of scarlet fever in 1924 were 395, against
323 in 1923.
This is an increase of 72. The distribution of the disease in
the various Wards, as shown in Table V of Appendix, was fairly
uniform.
32 cases were returned from hospital as not suffering from
scarlet fever.