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Isolation Hospital.

The total number of deaths out of this was 7, which give
a nett death rate if 31 of the total cases admitted, or a rate of
3.6 excluding the cases remaining in at the beginning of the year.
Diphtheria.—These cases as regards severity have been
much the same as in former years, I cannot see any diminution in
the virulence of the poison as has been alleged, but I find they are
brought under treatment sooner and so the serum injected can
operate benefically. The mortality rate works out at 7.6 per cent.,
as against 7.1 per cent. last year. Cases of marked paralysis seem to
have disappeared, I have not observed one during the year, nor
have I seen one case of collapse in the second week, a condition
which 15 years ago was very common. Cases of the Laryngeal
variety have been very common, and I am glad to say most
successful in result.
Scarlet Fever.—These cases have been numbered the same
as last year. Only one case died, though many more were very
serious cases of the disease. The mortality rate was .8 per cent