View report page

18
1.6 per cent. It will be seen on referring to the
coloured chart that the disease was most active during
the summer months.
ENTERIC FEVER.
28 cases of enteric fever were notified during the
year, 15 of which were removed to hospital. There
were six deaths from the disease. One-fourth of the
total cases notified occurred in the month of September.
DIPHTHERIA & MEMBRANOUS CROUP.
There were 18 cases of diphtheria and one of
membranous croup notified during the year. This is
a remarkably low figure. One death only occurred
from the disease. A supply of antitoxin is kept at the
Town Hall for the use of medical practitioners in those
cases which cannot be removed immediately to hospital.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Three cases occurred and there was one death.
ERYSIPELAS.
63 cases were notified and, as in the year 1902,
there were two deaths, both in children under one year
of age.
CHICKEN-POX.
This disease was notifiable throughout the year
up to the 1st December, when it was withdrawn from
the list of notifiable diseases. There were 140 cases
reported.