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after some weeks observation, came to the conclusion that he was
suffering from General Tuberculosis, and are doubtful whether
the first diagnosis was correct.
Small Pox and Typhus Fever.
No cases of Small Pox or Typhus Fever have been notified during
the year.
Scarlet Fever.
There has been 185 cases during the year with one death,
against 127 cases with no deaths in 1912.
This year we have had the highest number since 1909, when
there were 300 cases; in 1910 they dropped to 85 cases and in 1911
127 cases. The chart appended to my Report shows the rise and
fall of this disease for a period of ten years.
The chart of Notifications for each week, at the end of this
Report, shows a sudden rise for the week ending 28th September,
and has continued up more or less since that date.
There was no epidemic. Careful enquiry was made into each
case and no connection could be traced to the milk supply, or any
particular school; indeed, it will be seen from my returns that a
large proportion of the cases were under or over school age.
So far as Schools are concerned, Noel Park Infants' School
showed the largest number of cases, viz., 21, but when it is considered
that over 600 children attend this school, and all of a
susceptible age, the percentage of cases (3 per cent.) to the number of
children in attendance is not alarming.
In my Report as School Medical Officer I give the figures of
children in the Schools who have not had this disease. I can only put
it down to the prompt measures taken to isolate and discover each
case that the District has so far been free from an epidemic.