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There was no history of infection, and the patient made a good
recovery and was able to go back to his employment.
Enteric Fever.
There were two cases of Enteric Fever notified during the year,
with one death, against two cases, with no deaths, in 1918.
The first case was a male patient, aged 37 years, living and
employed in the Central Ward.
There was a history of this patient attending a dinner in town,
about three weeks previously to his illness, and having partaken
of oysters for the first time in his life; no definite history of infection
could be traced.
The second case was a boy, aged 11 years, who had been suffering
with diarrhoea for about a month, and was attended by a medical
practitioner off and on during the whole period.
When I saw the boy he was in a state of collapse, and I ordered
his immediate removal to the Isolation Hospital, where he died
ten days later. In this case no sort of history of infection could be'
traced, and the patient was too ill to give any account of his movements
.
Erysipelas.
There were 24 cases of Erysipelas notified, with one death,
against 16 cases, with one death, in 1918.
Puerperal Fever.
Three cases of Puerperal Fever were notified during the year.
The first was in the Town Hall Ward, notified in February,
and proved fatal. The patient was attended in her confinement
by a medical man and a nurse.