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Per cent. Deaths
Total Removed removed per cent.
Disease. notified. to to Deaths of cases
Hospital. Hospital. notified.
Scarlet Fever 188 101 53.7 — —
Diphtheria 1 1 100.0 — —
Diphtheria Observation 3 > 33 100.0 — —
Typhoid Fever 2 2 100.0 — —
Paratyphoid Fever — — — — —
Pneumonia 85 52 61.1 60 70.6
Puerperal Pyrexia 22 1 4.5 — —
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 2 1 50.0 — —
Erysipelas 27 3 11.1 — —
Encephalitis Lethargica — — — — —
Polio-encephalitis — — — — —
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 1 1 100.0 — —
Anterior Poliomyelitis 3 3 100.0 — —
Measles 639 18 2.8 1 0.1
Whooping Cough 565 32 5.6 6 1.0
Dysentery 2 2 100.0 — —
Malaria — — — — —
Tuberculosis (all Forms) 144 116* — 64 55.1
* This figure also includes cases notified during previous years.
Infectious Diseases Control.— All children of school age who
had been in contact with cases of infectious diseases were seen
prior to their return to school.
As in previous years all children discharged from the Isolation
Hospital or after home isolation for infectious diseases were seen,
and particular care was taken to refer all cases with any suspicion
of rheumatism or of cardiac defect to the next Rheumatism Clinic.
The following table shows the work done at the infectious
diseases clinic, the large majority of patients being of school age :—
Number of clinics held in connection with Infectious
Diseases 51
Number of attendances made 278
Average attendance per session 5.4
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION
Immunisation is carried out at the weekly clinic on Tuesdays
at 2 p.m., at Schools, and at all Welfare Centres along the lines
detailed in previous reports. The following summarises the work
done :—
Schick tested for the first time 2
Negative (including pseudo and negative) 1
Positive (including pseudo and positive) 1