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Scarlet Fever.
The incidence of scarlet fever was very considerably greater
during 1934 than during the previous year, the number of cases
notified being 292 as compared with 192 in 1933, and 110 in 1932.
The disease was prevalent throughout the whole year, but most
widely during the third and fourth quarters. 267 cases were
removed to hospital. The disease generally was of the mild type
which has prevailed for several years past, and for the third year
in succession no deaths occurred from scarlet fever.
Diphtheria.
Thirty-one notifications of diphtheria were received as compared
with 24 in the previous year. All cases notified were removed
to the isolation hospital, where recovery took place in every case
except two. Another death from diphtheria took place in the case
of a child who had not been notified, the diagnosis in this case being
made by the Coroner after a post-mortem examination.
Immunisation against diphtheria has been carried on as in
previous years, for the most part among children attending the
infant departments of the elementary schools, and to a lesser extent
among children under school age. The total number who had