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(b) SWABS FOR DIPHTHERIA, Etc.
The Medical Practitioners are supplied with swabs, sputum
bottles and pipettes, for the purpose of assisting in the diagnosis
of the different diseases mentioned, and a further supply can alwayB
be obtained at the addresses given above.
(c) NON.NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS CASES, SUCH AS
MEASLES, Etc.
I have drawn up a code of instructions for the guidance of
Teachers in the Council Schools (and others), showing what may be
the preliminary symptoms of Notifiable and Non.notifiable Infectious
Diseases and the time that such cases are to be excluded from School
attendance.
Diarrhoea.
There were 9 deaths of children under one year from Diarrhoea;
against 6 deaths in 1912 and 43 deaths in 1911.
The circular which I prepared under this head has been left
by the Health Visitor at each house where she has made enquiry
into births during the Summer months.
Tuberculosis.
There were 45 deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 7 from
Tubercular Meningitis, and 8 from other Tuberculous Diseases.
The number of Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases reported during
the year was 127, or 2.52 per 1,000 of the population.
The ages of the cases are given in the table at the end of my
Report, from which it will be seen that the patients between the
ages of 25 and 45 greatly exceeds that of any other age period.