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During the year, 155 cases of infectious disease were notified,
the number for the past three years being as follows
1907 406 cases
1908 289 cases
1909 155 cases
thus showing a considerable diminution during the past year.

104 of these cases were removed to the Isolation Hospital.
The following is a succinct account of the different infectious
diseases requiring 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 discretion. I think this practice has
been a judicious one as 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, etc., at home.