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organisation of the work is undertaken by the Chief Clerk of the department,
whilst Mrs. Hurford acts as honorary clerk; it is a pleasure to record the
excellent work carried out by the above, which has so materially contributed
to the success of the Clinic.
All applicants are Schick tested, and if positive receive three inoculations.
They are finally re-Schick tested three months after the last inoculation,
before a certificate of immunity is issued.
The result of the nine months’ work is summarized as follows:—
Sessions held 32
Number of cases dealt with 473
Total attendances 2,059
Average attendance 64.3
Number Schick-tested:—
Under School age 116
School age 350
Adults 7
473
Number positive to Schick test 340
Negative to Schick test 133
Number inoculated 320
Discontinued treatment, and taken off register 20
Certificates issued 227
Number under treatment at end of year 246
No cases of diphtheria have occurred among the patients immunised
during the year.
SCARLET FEVER.
Notification. Six hundred and ninety-one cases were notified during the
year, a decrease of 29 compared with 1933. The attack rate was equal to 4.7
per thousand of the population; more females being affected by the disease
than males in the proportion of 368 to 323 cases.

As regards the season, Scarlet Fever prevailed all the year round. The
following figures show the number of notifications received during each month
of the year :—