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During the year 1907, 406 cases of infectious disease Were
notified. A considerable diminution will be noticed in the general
report

193 of these cases were removed to the Isolation Hospital.
The following is a succinct account of the different infectious
diseases lequiring action by your sanitary officials during the year.
In accordance with your instructions I have, since the time of receiving
such instructions, visited every one notified for removal to the
Isolation Hospital, before such removal, with the exception of a few
instances of extreme urgency, where speedy removal was essential to
the welfare of the patient, permission for such exceptions being
granted by you, at my disoretion. I think this practice has
been a judicious one ns it has enabled me to correct the diagnosis of
some erroneously notified, and to obviate the removal of others which
could be safely isolated at home, thus saving to a considerable extent
the hospital expenses.
In all cases of infectious disease the rooms occupied by the patient,
the bedding, etc , are disinfected by the Sanitary Inspectors after
removal or recovery of the patient. In cases that have been treated
at home, the bedding is removed after the patient's recovery, to the
Hospital for disinfection, but in cases removed to the Hospital in the
early stage of the disease, it is considered sufficient to remove the
clothing actually worn by the patient, and to disinfect the bedding,
ete., at home.
Small Pox.—No case of this disease was notified during the year.