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Table XXVIII.—Cases of Infectious Disease Notified.
| Notifiable Diseases. | At all Age. | Cases Notified. | Cases removed to Hospital. | Treated at Home. | At all Ages. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1-2. | 2-3. | 3-4. | 4-5. | 5-10. | 10-15. | 15-20. | 20-35. | 35-45. | 45-65. | 65 and over. | Under 1. | 1-2. | 2-3. | 3-4. | 4-5. | 5-10. | 10-15. | 15-20. | 20-35. | 35-45. | 45-65. | 65 and over. | |||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (C). Plague (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 107 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 3 | — | 105 | 2 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 44 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Scarlet fever | 180 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 2 | — | 181 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing fever (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 35 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | — | 32 | 3 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 19 | 15 |
| Malaria | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 5 | — | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 15 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 3 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 13 | 2 | — | — | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 445 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 91 | 40 | 40 | 55 | 85 | 41 | 12 | 423 | 22 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 20 | 17 |
Correction has been made for errors in notification or revision of diagnosis in 16 cases. Diph. 9, Scarlet Fever 7.
Cases not notified:—
Scarlet fever, 8.
Diphtheria, 4.