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The preceding death table and the figures in respect of registered
still-births are those supplied by the Registrar General and inserted
at the request of the Ministry of Health. Neither the
statistics relating to deaths, nor those relating to infectious disease,
correspond closely to the figures compiled by the Medical Officer of
Health. In the former case a different system of tabulation is employed,
while in the latter allowance is made by the Medical Officer of Health
for cases cancelled because of revised diagnosis. For example, 16 cases
of diphtheria and scarlet fever were discharged from hospital owing
to incorrect diagnosis during 1935.