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or any other relative particulars. The sanitary conditions of
the premises are gone into and, if necessary, notices are
served to remedy any defect found. On receipt of this
information further enquiries are made at school or elsewhere,
as deemed desirable. This is found to be of practical
importance with regard to Scarlet Fever, as it appears to
be the "missed" cases which give rise to so much trouble,
and it is only by following up possible clues that the district
can be safeguarded. This method is attended with a certain
amount of success, but intercommunication and possible
sources of contact are so numerous that it is impossible to
trace the origin of the majority of the cases.
SMALL POX.
No case of this disease has been notified in the district
for 1912. The addresses in this district of several men who
had been in contact with a case of Small Pox on board ship
were received at various times. These were all followed up,
occasionally the address was not correct, and observation
exercised until the incubation period was safely ended, but
no further development took place in any of these instances.