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Return Cases.—Two Return Cases occurred during the year.
(1) That of M.W., above referred to.
(2) Case W.H., removed to hospital October 26th, 1920; 5 of
the 6 contacts were swabbed on October 27th, and all swabs
proved negative. W.H. was discharged from hospital on December
2nd and a positive swab was obtained from his throat on December
4th, and again on the 8th. H.W. sickened on December 5th, and a
swab taken on December 6th was positive, and he was removed to
hospital.
SCHOOL INFECTION.
No instance occurred during the year where infection could be
traced to public or private schools, nor did the relation of the cases
to one anpther or their occurrence in point of time indicate the
school as the source of infection.
All the scholars attending one private school were swabbed,
one case having been notified in a day boy. No carriers were
found and no subsequent cases of Diphtheria occurred.
TYPHOID FEVER.
Nine cases of Typhoid Fever were notified in 1920, as compared
with 2, 2, 6 and 7 in the four preceding years.
This number of cases of Typhoid has not been exceeded since
the year 1911, when 12 cases were notified.
The information obtained as to the spurce of infection is as
follows: —
Case 39.—Suspected source of infection—oysters, which he ate in
Brussels on January 24th, 1920. He commenced to be ill
on February 11th.
Case 122.—Spurce pf infectipn unknown. Patient visits London two
days per week.