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Action to Discover "Contacts."—Vide Annual Health Report, 1919, p. 39.
Isolation.—Isolation Wards are available at the Municipal Hospital. Beds are set aside for
Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever, and other infectious diseases are taken in, as and when accommodation
is available. In cases where removal to hospital is not desired, and isolation can be satisfactorily
carried out at home, this is permitted, the Health Visitors paying subsequent visits to
ascertain that isolation is being maintained. 62 per cent. of Scarlet Fever cases, 93 per cent. of
Diphtheria cases, 73 per cent. of Enteric Fever cases, and 50 per cent. of Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis
cases were isolated in the Municipal Hospital during 1920.
Disinfection.—Vide Annual Health Report, 1919, p. 39.
A statement of the number of (a) primary vaccinations, and (b) re-vaccinations performed by
the Medical Officer of Health under the Public Health (Small-Pox Prevention) Regulations, 1917, should
also be included in the Annual Report.
No vaccinations or re-vaccinations were performed under these regulations during the year.
Non-notifiable acute infectious diseases should be similarly reported upon, so far as the less complete
information enables this to be done. The extent to which school intimations of disease are utilised
should be stated. The mortality from influenza should be stated and a note made of the results of any special
inquiry made in connection with this epidemic and of action taken in the district in regard to it.