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Three hundred and ninety-nine cases of Diphtheria were
notified, compared with 256 in the previous year. Of this number,
377 were removed to Hospital for treatment.
Enteric Fever—including Paratyphoid.—Fifteen cases were
notified, ten of which were removed to Hospital. Only one
case proved fatal.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.— Six cases of
Puerperal Fever were notified, five of which were treated in
hospital. New regulations in regard to this disease came into
force in October—The Public Health (Notification of Puerperal
Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926. Your Council,
as required by the regulations, made special arrangements with
St. John's Hospital for the services of a specialist to consult
with medical practitioners. These arrangements have up to the
present worked exceedingly well, and it is an advantage that
the specialist is also in charge of the Pathological Laboratory,
so that he is able to make bacteriological examinations without
any delay.
Tuberculosis— During the year under review 378 primary
notifications were registered in the Borough, compared with 344
cases in the previous year. The deaths notified as due to
Tuberculosis amounted to 135, giving a death-rate for this
disease of .71 per thousand inhabitants, compared with .63 in
1925.
Maternity Home.—During the year 315 confinements took
place in the Home, particulars of the cases being fully set out
in Dr. Miller's report appended hereto. It is satisfactory to note
that the popularity of the Maternity Home increases every year.
The accommodation was increased from 12 to 17 beds in 1924,
and every year shows the necessity for further increase in this
direction.
In conclusion, I wish to express my appreciation of the
kind consideration afforded me by your Council and Committees.