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33 [1935
FATALITY FROM THE PRINCIPAL NOTIFIABLE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
By " Fatality " is meant the percentage proportion of deaths to attacks of
sickness.
During the year it was found that of the 1,639 cases notified, 30 deaths
occurred, or 1.8 per cent., which contrasts with an average percentage of 2.7 in
the preceding ten years 1925-34.
Years. Cases. Deaths. Fatality.
1926 2,194 61 2-3
1926 1.919J 63 3 3
1927 1,813 55 3 0
1928 2,260 60 2'7
1929 2,439 57 23
1930 3,017 80 2-6
1931 2,111 43 20
1932 1.962 50 2 7
1933 2,016 67 33
1934 2,227 65 29
Mean 2,199 59 2'7
193 5 1,639 30 1-8
J Includes 1 case not notified.
Hospital Isolation.—Of the 1,639 cases oi infectious disease notified,
1,572 were isolated in hospital, equal to a percentage of 94.7, while only 5.3 per
cent, of the patients were nursed at home.
The following tabular statement shows the number of cases treated in the
various public institutions :—
Cases treated in Percentage of
Year. Hospital. cases treated.
1925 2.105 95 9
1926 1,852 96-5
1927 1,722 950
1928 2,153 95-3
1929 2,337 95-8
1930 2,879 94-2
1931 2,015 95 4
1932 1,879 95-7
1933 1,911 943
1934 2,064 92-6
1935 1,572 94-7
DISEASES TREATED IN HOSPITAL.
j Cases isolated Percentage of
Disease. Total cases. jn Hospital. known cases.
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Scarlet Fever 716 701 9/9
Diphtheria 762 759 99 7
Enteric Fever 7 6 85 '
Erysipelas 130 84 64 6
Puerperal Fever 24 22 91 7
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1,639 1,572 94-7