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difficulty in diagnosis. The percentage of cases nursed at
home is comparatively small and one finds that even in good
class houses most doctors and parents alike prefer to have
the case isolated in hospital. There can be no doubt that an
infectious case nursed at home causes considerable dislocation
in the household.
One death was attributed to scarlet fever. This was
the case of an adult female who contracted the disease on a
holiday cruise and died from nephritis some considerable
time afterwards.
Enteric Fever.
One case of enteric fever was notified but the diagnosis
was not confirmed.
Pneumonia.
The number of deaths from this disease still exceeds the
number of notifications and it is difficult to understand the
value of notification at all. There were 46 deaths from this
disease in 1934 and 35 notifications.
Measles.
There was a small epidemic of measles in 1934 and there
was only one death.
Whooping Cough.
This disease was not very prevalent in 1934. There was
a severe epidemic in Nazareth House where practically every
infant contracted the disease and no less than eleven succumbed.
Two other cases died in the Borough.
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