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1908
OCCUPATIONS OF PERSONS ATTACKED WITH INFECTIOUS
DISEASE.
in Table CXII. is given a list of the occupations of the persons who were
attacked with infectious diseases.
Of the 1025 Scarlet Fever patients, it was found that 880 were children
attending schools either within or without the Borough. Of persons in actual
employment the largest number of cases occurred among married women
looking after their own homes, of whom 17 appeared to have been attacked;
the next in order were clerks, who were notified in i0 cases; these were
followed by nurses, among whom 7 cases occurred; while dressmakers and
teachers came next with 5 cases each.
With respect to Diphtheria, 259 cases occurred among school children,
while 8 mothers of families were attacked, 5 clerks, 5 servants, and several
others as set out in the above-mentioned table.
Enteric Fever was most prevalent amongst scholars, of whom 17 were
attacked, followed again by housewives, of whom 10 were attacked, who were
followed in turn by 4 labourers, 4 clerks, 3 printers, and 3 shop assistants.
The other cases are set out in the following table:—