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OTHER DISEASES.
Twenty-five cases of disease belonging to a
class not ordinarily admitted were treated during
the year. The cases admitted were as follows :—
Measles 11. Chicken Pox 4. Erysipelas 8.
Whooping Cough 1. Puerperal Fever 1.
BACTERIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
The work in connection with this particular
department of the hospital still increases and
occupies a considerable amount of time. The
compulsory notification of Tuberculosis to a great
extent accounts for this increase, as the following
figures show :—Thus in 1913 there were 229
specimens of tuberculous sputa examined, whilst
in 1912 there were 131, and in 1911 only 32. All
the examinations were made in connection with
patients living in the district, and outside the
hospital.
The total number of examinations made last
year was 1,154, as compared with 1,120 in 1912.
The following tables show the nature of the
examination, and the sources from which the
specimens were taken:—