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INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
DIPHTHERIA.
The number of eases of Diphtheria notified during the
year was 195 compared with 121 in the previous year, giving
a rate, per 1,000 population, of 1.34 compared with 1.58 in
the country generally and 1.90 for the administrative County
of London. It, will be seen that the incidence of the disease
remained lower than that of the country generally, but the
type of disease admitted to the Isolation Hospital was more
severe in character than in the previous year.
Immunisation was continued and the following table gives
particulars of the cases dealt with:-

Anti-toxin for the treatment of patients suffering from
or suspected to be suffering from Diphtheria is supplied to
practitioners in the area free of cost. Supplies of anti-toxin
are obtainable from the Public Health Department, the
Isolation Hospital and the Fire Stations and can be supplied
at any time during the day and night so that there shall be
no delay in its administration.
SCARLET FEVER,
The number of cases of Scarlet Fever notified was 288
compared with a total of 244 in the previous year, the total
being equivalent to 1.98 per 1,000 population, as compared
with 2.41 for England and Wales, and 2.05 for the administrative
County of London.