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suits have been highly gratifying. In the school report, figures are
given which show the work which has been done in this direction,
and it appears that from the herd immunity point of view, we can
claim that the procedure has been a success. Individually also,
it has been successful. Among 3725, of whom 2725 had received
the full protective three doses and 1,000 were Schick negative,
there were only 3 children who developed clinical diphtheria, and
were admitted to the Fever Hospital. These cases occurred within
3 months of the final inoculation. These cases were comparatively
mild, and all recovered without any of the usual complications.
The results of our work have justified the claims which were
made when the scheme for immunisation was launched. We are
now concentrating upon the pre-school child and the school entrants,
and the future success of the scheme will depend upon the extent
to which the parents will respond.
Tuberculosis.
78 cases or Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 11 cases of other
forms of Tuberculosis were notified during the year.
There were 53 deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 9
deaths from other forms of Tuberculosis.
The death notification interval of the 53 patients who died
of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in 1933 was:—
Information from Death Returns 11
Died within 1 month after notification 7
Died between 1 and 3 months after notification 6
Died between 3 and 6 months after notification 1
Died between 6 and 12 months after notification10
Died between 1 and 2 years after notification 7
Died between 2 and 3 years after notification 5
Died over 3 years after notification 6
On December 31st the following is a statement of the particulars
appearing in the Register of cases of Tuberculosis.
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary
Males Females Males Females Total
Number of Cases of T.B.
on the Register at the
commencement of year 119 158 150 25 368