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SCARLET FEVER.
Two hundred and thirteen cases of Scarlet Fever occurred
during the year in 177 houses, as follows:—
Number of houses where 1 case occurred 150
Number of houses where 2 cases occurred 22
Number of houses where 3 cases occurred 3
Number of houses where 4 cases occurred 1
Number of houses (War Memorial Hospital)
where 6 cases occurred 1
Total number of houses where cases occurred 177
Total number of cases 213
Deaths 1
DIPHTHERIA.
Sixty-eight cases of this disease occurred during the year in
55 houses, as follows:—•
Number of houses where 1 case occurred 45
Number of houses where 2 cases occurred 7
Number of houses where 3 cases occurred 3
Total number of houses where cases occurred 55
Total number of cases 68
Deaths
DIPHTHERIA CARRIERS.
Three cases of this disease occurred during the year in 2 houses.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
Sanction was received from the Minister of Health on the
31st January, 1935, for the carrying out of the Schick test and
immunisation against Diphtheria for the poorer inhabitants of the
District.
Arrangements were accordingly made whereby the Health
Department was authorised either to carry out the work itself or
supply the necessary material to the General Practitioners of the
District, subject to their giving me information as to the children
who had been immunised.