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18 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the 14 cases eight gave a positive reaction to the bacillus
typhosus, and so were true cases of Enteric Fever. Six were
shown by the agglutination test to be cases of Para-typhoid Fever.
In three cases which occurred in one house the source of
infection was in all probability polluted water drunk on the Continent,
but in the other cases no special source of infection was
traced.
Two of the cases of Enteric Fever occurred in the first half
of the year, and six occurred in the second half, while four cases
of Para-typhoid occurred in the first half of the year and two
in the second half.
Puerperal Fever.
There were 24 cases of Puerperal Fever and nine deaths. The
death-rate was -02 per 1,000 and the case mortality 37 per cent.
22 of the 24 cases were removed to hospital.
Erysipelas.
111 cases were notified and five deaths occurred during the
year, compared with 101 and four in 1923.
Whooping Cough.
28 deaths occurred during the year, compared with 30 last
year, while the number of cases notified was 1,108, compared
with 1,229.
47 of the cases were removed to hospital.
327 visits were made by the Sanitary Inspectors and Health
Visitors to houses where cases of Whooping Cough occurred, and
146 premises were disinfected.
Influenza.
The number of deaths from Influenza was 139, compared
with 56 in 1923 and 148 in 1922.
The death-rate was .4 per 1,000. The number of deaths
represents 3.6 per cent, of the total mortality from all causes,
compared with 1.6 per cent, in 1923, 3.9 per cent, in 1922, 2.3
per cent, in 1921, 2.2 per cent, in 1920, 8.2 per cent, in 1919.