View report page

31
SCARLET FEVER
Two hundred and twenty nine cases of Scarlet Fever occurred
during the year in 201 houses, as follows:—
Number of houses where 1 case occurred 176
Number of houses where 2 cases occurred 23
Number of houses where 3 cases occurred 1
Number of houses where 4 cases occurred 1
Total number of houses where cases occurred 201
Total number of cases 229
Deaths 1
DIPHTHERIA.
Seventy-seven cases of this disease occurred during the year
in 50 houses, as follows:—
Number of houses where 1 case occurred 43
Number of houses where 2 cases occurred 5
Number of houses where 3 cases occurred 1
Number of houses (St. Joseph's Home) where 21
cases occurred 1
Total number of houses where cases occurred 50
Total number of cases 77
Deaths 2
DIPHTHERIA CARRIERS.
Twenty-one cases of this disease occurred during the year in
3 houses, as follows:—
Number of houses where 1 case occurred 2
Number of houses (St. Joseph's Home) where 19
cases occurred 1
Total number of houses where cases occurred 3
Total number of cases 21
It will be seen that the number of cases of Diphtheria was
comparatively low during the year. Of the cases, 21 occurred in
St. Joseph's Home, and of the Carriers, 19.
This is accounted for by the fact that this Institution had a
sharp outbreak of Diphtheria during the months of January and
February.