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3. Quiet exercise in the open air for a period of two
weeks in the country, avoiding other children, is
beneficial.
4. No school, church, or public entertainment should
be attended for a period of three weeks after discharge.
5. No general mixing with other children of the family
or other playmates should be allowed till a full fortnight
has elapsed after the discharge of the patient from the
sanatorium.
6. The medical superintendent does not guarantee that
the patient is free from infection when discharged as
cured. Therefore the Corporation does not accept any
responsibility in any fresh case or cases arising in the
household after the return of the convalescent patient.
7. It is essential that great care be exercised in not
allowing a convalescent patient after scarlet fever to mix
freely with others till a fortnight has elapsed after the
return home of the patient.
8. The use of a disinfectant soap such as carbolic soap,
for washing the patient is desirable.
Diphtheria Eleven deaths occurred from this disease during
the year compared with 20 in 1898; and 99 cases were notified.
Three cases occurring in a large establishment were the subject
of enquiry during the month of March, but owing to strict
precautions being taken there was no further spread of the
disease.
It is worthy of note that this year about 15 per cent, of the
cases of both Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria occurred in Government
Buildings, also that at the Guards' Industrial Home,
Francis-street, four cases of Diphtheria occurred, otherwise
there was no special incidence of either of the above-named
diseases.
The drains at the Industrial Home were found to leak, and
were afterwards entirely reconstructed.
A list of the streets with the number of cases of the principal
infectious diseases occurring in such streets is given on pages
21 and 22.