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Table XXVIII.—Cases of Infectious Disease Notified.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified. | Cases removed to Hospital. | Treated at Home. | At all Ages. | Deaths. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | 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 | 76 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 25 | ii | 7 | — | 2 | — | 76 | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Erysipelas | 35 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Scarlet fever | 190 | — | 13 | 17 | 17 | 52 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 6 | — | 189 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | — | 2 | —. | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Relapsing fever (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 38 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 16 | 13 | ||
| Malaria | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 380 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 25 | 30 | 81 | 32 | 34 | 67 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 363 | 17 | 42 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 16 | 13 | ||
Correction has been made for errors iD notification or revision of diagnosis in 28 caaos. Diphtheria 13, Scarlet Fever 13, Dysentery 2.
Cases not notified:—
Scarlet fever, 8.
Diphtheria, 6.