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INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
SCARLET FEVER.
98 Cases notified.
75 Cases removed to Isolation Hospital.
1 Case removed into a London Hospital.
22 Cases isolated at home.
The incidence of this disease has been considerably less
this year than in the four previous years.
In the month of April not a single case was notified, and
I was able to report that the Scarlet Fever Wards were free
of patients for 14 days, a circumstance which has not occurred
for a period of 11 years.
At the end of the first eight months of the year only 33
cases had occurred, the majority of the cases being notified in
the last four months of the year.
The cases were distributed over different parts of the
District, and no special outbreak occurred.
The following notifications were received each month:—
January 5cases
February 7,,
March 1,,
May 7 ,,
June 4 ,,
July 5 ,,
August 4 „
September 15,,
October 13 ,,
November 19 ,,
December 18 ,,
98 cases