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The term "Return Cases" is not generally applied in Diphtheria. There were four
notifications which could definitely be traced, each to four patients recently returned from
hospital after treatment for Diphtheria.
Antitoxin for the treatment of cases of this disease is supplied to medical practitioners
free of charge by the Council. During the year 136 thousand units were provided.
ENTERIC OR TYPHOID FEVER.
Thirteen cases were notified during the year. On further investigation three of them
were found to have been incorrectly diagnosed, seven were true Typhoid and three were
cases of Para B. Typhoid Fever.
There was one death from a case of true Enteric.
The incidence rate was .05 per 1000 people, which compares favourably with .06 for
England and Wales. The case mortality is 10 per cent., which is very high. Such exceptional
figures are inevitable when dealing with small numbers.