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Notifiable Diseases other than Tuberculosis during the Year
1925.
The table on pages 39 and 40 shows the number of cases
of notifiable infectious disease during 1925. There were two
more cases of diphtheria than in the previous year, and out
of a total of 79 cases there were six deaths, giving a case
mortality of 7.6 per cent. There were 94 cases of scarlet
fever, as compared with 139 in 1924. The disease was of a
very mild nature, and there was no death. There were 5
cases of encephalitis lethargica, two of which were fatal.
The following table shows the conditions as to overcrowding
of the households invaded by diphtheria and scarlet
fever during the year 1925. The number of cases is too
small to warrant one expressing an opinion as to the influence
of overcrowding on the incidence of these diseases.

These figures do not include one case which occurred in an Institution.
Enteric Fever.
Two cases of enteric fever were notified in 1925 affecting
a husband and wife. The woman first contracted the
disease and died from complications. The husband, presumably,
was infected by his wife and had a comparatively
mild attack. The primary cause of infection was not traced.
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