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Scarlet Fever.
There were 333 cases of scarlet fever notified
during the year.
Of these, there were 8 cases under the age of 1
year, 159 cases between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 143
cases between the ages of 5 and 15 years, 19 cases
between the ages of 15 and 25 years, and 3 cases
between the ages of 25 and 45 years, and 1 case between
the ages of 45 and 65 years.
Of the 333 cases, 329 were removed to an isolation
hospital.
Four deaths occurred from scarlet fever during
the year, all of which took place at hospitals.

Hospital Treatment and Diagnosis.
Almost all (99 per cent.) the cases of Diphtheria
and Scarlet Fever were removed and in a remarkably
prompt manner to M.A.B. Hospitals, but it appears
to me a matter of importance, if for statistical reasons
only, that the diagnosis of all cases should be given to
the Medical Officer of Health concerned, on the discharge
of the patient. I have good reason to believe
from facts before me that in not less than 25 per cent.
of the cases the diagnosis is changed at the hospital.
Typhoid Fever.
There were 12 cases notified during the year.
One patient died from the disease.