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Reference to Table I at the end of the Report will show :—
Firstly: the number of cases notified, with ages of incidence,
and the nature of the infectious disease ;
Secondly: the number of cases and nature of the disease
in each Ward ;
Thirdly : the number of cases removed to the Isolation Hospital
at Beddington Corner.
Table II will show the number of cases notified since this
District was constituted.
SCARLET FEVER.
A decrease in the number of cases of Scarlet Fever noifietd
took place, there being 35 as against 58 last year. One case occurred
in Russell Hill Schools.
Twenty-three (65 per cent.) of the cases were removed to the
Hospital.
One death was registered.
DIPHTHERIA.
A very large decrease in the number of cases of Diphtheria
occurred, there being only 14 cases as against 101 last year, and
is the lowest number notified in any year since 1918.
Two cases occurred in Reedham Orphanage.
Thirteen, being 92.8 per cent. of the cases, were removed to
the Isolation Hospital.
One death occurred from this complaint during the year.
During the year 103 swabs were examined at the Isolation
Hospital from suspected cases in the District.
TYPHOID FEVER.
During the year 24 cases of Typhoid or Paratyphoid Fever
notified.
Of these cases 5 occurred in Cane Hill Mental Hospital, and
three were definitely found to have contracted the disease away
from the District.
In August an outbreak of Paratyphoid Fever (B) occurred in
this and neighbouring Districts. Exhaustive enquiries were made,
and the source of infection pointed to a pastrycook's bakery outside
the District.