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Percentage of cases notified removed to the Isolation
Hospital:—
Scarlet Fever 81.9
Diphtheria 800
Enteric Fever 23.8
Erysipelas 14.0
Puerperal Fever 25.0
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 25.0
During the year the question of replacing the horsed
ambulance and disinfecting vans by motor vehicles received
consideration from the Public Health Committee, but it was
in the end decided to take no action for the present.
The kitchen on the upper floor of Block 5 was transformed
into a sitting and dining room for the domestic staff.
Some small alterations were made in the Laundry
during the year.
NURSING.
The work carried out by the nursing staff during the
year maintained its usual high standard. Two nurses passed
the examination of the Fever Nurses' Association on the
completion of their training.
Accommodation for the nursing and domestic staff is
somewhat limited, and with the opening of the new phthisis
pavilion will become an urgent matter. Plans for the
building of a new Nurses' Home and Administrative Block
were under consideration during the year, but nothing was
decided by the Council.
SCARLET FEVER.
There were no deaths from this disease. In two cases
an abscess in the neck was opened and drained. In one case
symptoms of acute ear trouble necessitated opening of the