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SCARLET FEVER.
There have not been so many cases in the Hospital this year, due
to the great decrease in the disease throughout the District.
It is satisfactory to note, however, from the preceding table that
the percentage number of cases treated has increased, and that the
mortality per cent, of those cases which had Hospital treatment, is
considerably less than the percentage mortality of all the cases notified.
The fatal case was that of a girl of 14 years, who had severe nasal
symptoms, and died after eight days' treatment in the Hospital.
DIPHTHERIA.
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There^have been 10 more cases admitted during this year. The
percentage of notified cases is increased, as compared with last year,
and the mortality per cent, of those admitted, though not so low as
in 1897, compares very favourably with the general mortality of this
disease, and this latter fact is the more striking when we consider the
serious condition in which most of the patients were admitted.
The fatal cases may be briefly alluded to thus: —
Male, 5 years, in Hospital 3 days. Sudden and severe
nasal symptoms.
Female, 10 years, „ 8 ,, . Heart-failure.
Female, 15 mos., „ 20 hrs.
Male, 7 years, „ 14 days. Paralysis.
Female, 5i years, „ 12 hrs.
The two who were only in the Hospital a few hours were severely
attacked, and no treatment—even tracheotomy in one case—relieved
the symptoms.