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SMALL POX.
No case has been notified during the year.
Deaths from Small Pox during the last ten years—
1889 — 1894 2
1890 — 1895 4
1891 — 1896 1
1892 — 1897 —
1893 6 1898 —
SCARLET FEVER.
The deaths from Scarlet Fever were 24, as against 33 in 1897.
The total number of cases notified was 617 this year, and 769
last year.
The annual mortality per 1,000 living was 0 20.
Deaths from Scarlet Fever during the last ten years—
1889 43 1894 19
1890 37 1895 16
1891 17 1896 29
1892 45 1897 33
1893 51 1898 24
Of the 617 cases notified, 488 were removed to hospital with 19
deaths, a mortality of 3.9 per cent.
129 cases were treated at home with five deaths, a mortality of
3.9 per cent.
The percentage of cases removed to hospital was 79.0.
The disease has been during the year generally of a mild type.
In many of the cases the retention in hospital has extended to 10 or
12 weeks. It has been noticed that the cases so abnormally
retained in hospital, when returned home, have exhibited a decided
tendency to infect other children. This tendency has been seen in
so many cases during the year, and when the possibility of other
infection has been very remote, that I have come to look with some
anxiety at children returning home after a lengthy stay in hospital.
It would appear that many of these cases, although fairly well in