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INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The following Table shows the number of cases of Infectious
Disease notified during the year, together with the
number removed to Hospital and the total deaths:—
Disease
Number
Notified
Removed to
Hospital
Total
Deaths
Scarlet Fever
153
113
-
Diphtheria
9
21*
1
Erysipelas
24
...
-
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
3
3
1
Puerperal Pyrexia
1
-
Acute Poliomyelitis
1
1
-
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum
2
2
-
Pneumonia
51
...
24†
Dysentery
22
...
-
Scabies
330
...
-
Whooping Cough
56
...
-
Malaria
2
...
-
Measles
295
...
-
Totals
949
141
26
* Including 12 cases found not to be Diphtheria.
† Pneumonia, all forms.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION CLINIC.
The following work has been done during the year in
connection with the Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic:—
Number of sessions held 188
Number of new cases 1,148
Number of cases re-tested 714
Number found susceptible after final Schick test 27
Number found not susceptible after final test 687
Subsequent attendances 1,820
Total number of attendances 3,682
Number of cases completed during 1945 1,322
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Number of cases notified 2
Number of cases treated in hospital 2
Number of cases in which sight was unimpaired 2
Number of cases removed from District Nil
Number who died Nil