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Isolation Hospital.
The number of cases receiving attention at the Hospital
during the year 1908 was as follows:-
Diphtheria and Croup 41
Scarlet Fever 114
Enteric Fever 14
169
Cases remaining in Hospital from 1907 29
198
The total number of deaths was 11, which is equal to a death
rate per cent. of 5.5 of the number of cases admitted.
This is very low, but I hardly think it fair to include one
case whioh lived 15 minutes, one case which lived 2 hours, and
another 5 hours. Deducting these a death rate of 4 per cent.
remains.
As regards Diphtheria I have not seen a well marked case
of paralysis during the year.
The death rate comes out at about 11 per cent., much higher
than last year, when it was only 7.6
Scarlet Fever—114 cases have been admitted without one
fatal case.
Some have been very severe, but eventually all recovered.