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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
21
Return Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
14 cases of Scarlet Fever and 11 of Diphtheria occurred within
one month of the return of a previous case from hospital.
Enteric and Para-Typhoid Fever.
24 cases of the above occurred, and nine notifications were
received of cases which proved after investigation not to be true cases.
One death from Enteric Fever occurred, and the death-rate
was .002 per 1.000.
Of the 24 cases 11 gave positive reaction to the bacillus
typhosus and so were true cases of Enteric Fever, two were mild
cases treated at home and the diagnosis was not confirmed bacteriologically,
and 11 were shown by the agglutination test to be
para-typhoid fever. These 11 cases gave a negative result to
para-typhoid A and a positive result to para-typhoid B.
The cases occurred all over the Borough and occurred sporadically
throughout the year. In none of them was any special
source of infection traced.
Four of the cases of Enteric Fever occurred in the first half
of the year, while nine occurred in the second half. In regard to
the para-typhoid cases six occurred in the first half of the year
and five in the second half.
Puerperal Fever.
12 cases were notified, eight of whom died. The death-rate
was .03 per 1,000 and the case mortality 66 per cent.
11 of the 12 cases were removed to hospital.
Erysipelas.
101 cases were notified and four deaths occurred during the
year, compared with 108 and three in 1922.
Whooping Cough.
30 deaths occurred during the year, compared with 44 last
year, while the number of cases notified was 1,229, compared with
1,056.