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disease, and of observing that it is not necessary to wait for the
result of a swab before giving antitoxin. Further, I would
reiterate the fact that antitoxin will be supplied free on application
to this Department. Four of the eight deaths were due to heart
failure, the remaining four being caused by toxaemia; there was
one tracheotomy. While I am happy to be able to record a
reduction in the number of cases of this disease it would give me
still greater pleasure to be able to state that there had been no
deaths, since a death from this disease almost always means
inefficiency in the application of preventive measures which are
well established.
The accompanying table shows the attendances at the two
Schick Clinics, which exceed those of last year by 345 in spite of the
fact that the Rotherhithe Clinic was closed for three months on
account of the illness of the medical officer of that clinic.
No. of No. of new Total
Sessions patients Attendances
Municipal Offices, Spa Road 58 206 901
98 Rotherhithe New Road 38 132 704
Totals 96 338 1,605
SCARLET FEVER.
The number of cases of scarlet fever notified during the
year, namely 266, shows a welcome reduction, and is the lowest
since 1918. Ten cases were found to be "not suffering" from
scarlet fever, giving a net figure of 256. There were no deaths
from this disease.
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