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Of the 34 deaths, 26 were those of children over
1 year of age and under 5. The second, third, fourth,
and fifth years of life comprise the epoch when the
young child is most susceptible to diphtheria, and
a heavy toll of life is taken. Of the 224 cases occurring
during this period of life, it will be seen that 15 per
cent. died. At the epoch 5-15 years the mortality was
only 2.2 per cent. of those attacked.
SCARLET FEVER.
There were 996 cases of Scarlet Fever notified
during the year.
Of these, there were 12 cases under the age of 1
year, 363 cases between the ages of 1 and 5 years,
546 cases between the ages of 5 and 15 years, 62 cases
between the ages of 15 and 25 years, and 13 cases
between the ages of 25 and 45 years.
Of the 996 cases, 974 were removed to an Isolation
Hospital. In 53 instances the Hospital authorities
reported the diagnosis to be incorrect.
Ten deaths occurred from Scarlet Fever during
the year, all of which took place at hospitals.
Comparison with previous years is as follows:—
1916 5 deaths
1917 3 „
1918 9 „
1919 4 „
1920 12 „
Some difficulty was experienced in obtaining the
prompt removal of cases notified during the last few
months of the year, but the delay in few instances
exceeded one day.