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23 [1923
Typhus Fever.—No case was notified.
Puerperal Fever.—See pages 10 and 17.
Erysipelas.—87 cases were notified, or 99 below the average 186 of the preceding
ten years, the attack-rate being 0.26 per 1,000 of the civil population.
FATALITY FROM THE EIGHT PRINCIPAL NOTIFIABLE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
By " Fatality " is meant the percentage proportion of deaths to attacks of sickness.
During the year it was found that of the 2,096 cases notified, 48 deaths occurred, or
2 3 per cent., which contrasts with an average percentage of 4 4 in the preceding ten years
1913 22.
Years. Cases. Deaths, Fatality.
1913 2,171 76 3.5
1914 2,947 113 3.8
1915 2,210 118 5.3
1916 1,439 87 6.0
1917 1,251 55 4.4
1918 1,127 67 6.0
1919 1,993 96 4.8
1920 2,853 173 6.0
1921 4,344 146 3.3
1922 2,787 102 3.7
Mean 2,312 403 4.4
1923 2,096 48 23
Hospital Isolation.—Of the 2,096 cases of infectious diseases notified.. 1,996 were
isolated in hospital, or a percentage of 95 2, while only 4.8 per cent. of the patients,
therefore, were nursed at home. This is the highest number on record.
The following tabular statement shows the number of cases treated in the various
public institutions:
Cases treated in Percentage of
Year. Hospital. cases treated.
1913 1,866 85.9
1914 2,543 86.3
1915 1,991 90.1
1916 1,269 90.0
1917 1,099 87.8
1918 982 87.1
1919 1,772 88.9
1920 2,642 92.0
1921 4,117 94.8
1922 2,621 94.0
1923 1,996 95.2
DISEASES TREATED IN HOSPITAL.
Disease.
Total cases.
Cases isolated.
Percentage of
known cases.
Scarlet Fever
1,080
1,051
97.3
Diphtheria
891
881
98.9
Enteric Fever
16
12
75.0
Erysipelas
87
35
40.2
Puerperal Fever
22
17
77.3
2,096
1,996
95.2