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Scarlet Fever.
During the year, 562 persons were notified as suffering from
scarlet fever, and of these 479 were removed to isolation hospitals
for treatment. Thirty-four cases were found not to be suffering
from this disease. The "Return" cases numbered 13 and secondary
cases 21. There were no deaths reported.
Enteric Fever.
There were four cases of enteric fever notified, and in every
case the patient was removed to hospital. There were no deaths.
The usual exhaustive investigations were carried out in these cases
with a view to ascertaining the cause of the illness of the patients.

Dysentery.
Twenty-one case of dysentery were notified, which was the
same number of cases as reported last year None of these cases
was of the Amoebic type of the disease. All but one of these patients
received hospital treatment. Nineteen of the cases were of the
"Sonne" type, and in one case no bacteriological examination was
made, whilst in the other case the revised diagnosis was "No
obvious disease." Two non-notified cases died ("Sonne" type) in
a mental hospital outside the borough. They were inmates of
great age and had been notified elsewhere.
Acute Anterior Polio-Myelitis and Polio-Encephalitis.
During the year five cases of polio-myelitis were notified. All
of these patients were removed to hospital. Two patients died;
one case (a nurse) was notified in the area in which she was then
working.