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SECTION F.—PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL
OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND OTHER
DISEASES.
Scarlet Fever.
During the year 58 cases were notified as compared
with 105 the previous year. No cases were treated in hospital.
No. of deaths Nil
Return cases from Hospital cases Nil
Return cases from home nursed cases 2
During the past 15 years the character of this disease
has changed from one of considerable severity to one
of extreme mildness. The acute stage is, nowadays, in most
cases, short and unaccompanied by high pyrexia and complications
are in most cases mild or completely absent.
Scarlet fever can now be disregarded as an important cause
of acute endocarditis and acute nephritis which, in the past,
were frequently encountered.
Diphtheria.
No cases were notified0 during the year.
The following figures on Diphtheria and Whooping
Cough Immunisation and Smallpox and Poliomyelitis Vaccination
have been supplied by the County Medical Officer:—
42