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Diphtheria.
There were 330 eases of diphtheria notified during
the year. The age grouping of the cases is given in
the accompanying table. All but 2 of the cases were
removed to an isolation hospital.
10 deaths from this disease occurred during the
year, equivalent to a case mortality of 3.0 per cent.,
or general death rate of 0.1 per 1,000 of the population.
From information received from the hospitals
it would appear that in 38 cases (or 11.5 per
cent of the total) the diagnosis of Diphtheria was not
confirmed. 35 cases developed in hospital 11
of these being hospital staff, while there were
11 " second cases " in families in which a case had
recently occurred.
Anti-diphtheritic serum is stocked at the Town
Hall and supplied free on the order of a doctor ;
76,000 units were supplied during the year.
Scarlet Fever.
There were 414 cases of scarlet fever notified during
the year, 406 of the patients being removed to
an isolation hospital.
One death was certified as due to scarlet fever
during the year, equal to a case mortality of 0.2 per
cent., and a death rate of 0.01 per 1,000 population.
From information received from the hospitals, it
would appear that in 19 cases (or 4.6 per cent, of the
total) the diagnosis was not confirmed. 12 cases
seem to have been developed in hospital, 3 being
members of the hospital staff, while there were 15
" second cases."
Enteric Fever.
One case was notified—a nurse who was treated
in the hospital where she contracted the disease.