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SCARLET FEVER
One-hundred-and-sixty-one cases of Scarlet Fever occurred during
the year in 139 houses, as follows:—
Number of houses where 1 case occurred 124
Number of houses where 2 cases occurred 9
Number of houses where 3 cases occurred 5
Number of houses (War Memorial Hospital)
where 4 cases occurred 1
Total number of houses where cases occurred 139
Total number of cases 161
Deaths Nil
DIPHTHERIA.
One-hundred-and-thirty-two cases of this disease occurred during
the year in 104 houses, as follows:—
Number of houses where 1 case occurred 85
Number of houses where 2 cases occurred 15
Number of houses where 3 cases occurred 2
Number of houses where 4 cases occurred 1
Number of houses (War Memorial Hospital)
where 7 cases occurred 1
Total number of houses where cases occurred 104
Total number of cases 132
Deaths 4
DIPHTHERIA CARRIERS.
Four cases of this disease occurred during the year in 4 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.
Immunisation is carried out either by the Medical Officers of
the Health Department, or the General Practitioners of the district,
to whom the necessary materials for immunisation are issued subject
to their providing me with information as to the children who are
immunised.
The re-agent used is T.A.F. (Toxoid Antitoxin Floccules).