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The Wards most affected were St. Mary, St. Paul, St. Jude and
St. John.

Of the 1,448 cases notified in the present year, as many as 1405
were removed to hospital, i.e., 97.0 per cent., as against 97.4 per cent.
for last year.
The deaths in the 1405 cases sent to hospital numbered 2], a mortality
of 1.5 per cent.
In the 43 cases treated at home, there was one death, a percentage
of 2.3.
It is our practice to spray the room with formalin and to strip the
paper off the walls in the process of disinfection after Scarlet Fever. In
the event of the room being verminous it is afterwards fumigated with
sulphur.
The annual death-rate per 1,000 was 0.12.
DIPHTHERIA.
There has been a further slight increase in the number of notified
cases of the disease, and when compared with the preceding years, the
number of cases is the highest since 1907.
The number of fatal cases has much increased in the year under
consideration, especially when compared with last year, which was in
regard to fatal cases, the lowest on record.
The cases were evenly distributed throughout the Borough. The
wards most affected were St. Peter, St. Michael, All Saints' and St.
Paul.
The total number of cases notified, including Membranous Croup
was 338, as against 327 for last year.
The deaths from the disease numbered 37, as against 19 for 1913.