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SECTION F.—PREVALENCE OE AND CONTROL
OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND OTHER
DISEASES
Scarlet Fever.
During the year 23 cases were notified as compared with
37 the previous year. No cases were treated in hospital
No. of deaths
Return cases from Hospital cases Nil
Return cases from home nursed cases
Nil
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 notified during the year.
The following figures on Diphtheria and
Cough Immunisation and Smallpox and Polioinyelitis Vac
cination have been supplied by the County Medical Officer
42