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234 cases occurring during this period of life, it will be
seen that 3.8 per cent died. At the epoch 5-15 years
the mortality was 3.2 per cent. of those attacked.
Anti-diphtheritic serum is stocked at the Town
Hall and supplied free on the order of a doctor;
48,000 units were supplied during the year.
Scarlet Fever.
There were 469 cases of scarlet fever notified
during the year.
Of these, there were 8 cases under the age of 1
year, 167 cases between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 259
cases between the ages of 5 and 15 years, 26 cases
between the ages of 15 and 25 years, and 9 cases
between the ages of 25 and 45 years.
Of the 469 cases, 461 were removed to an isolation
hospital.
No deaths were certified from scarlet fever during
the year.

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 final diagnosis of all cases should be
reported to the Medical Officer of Health concerned,