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INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
There were 8 "return" cases of Scarlet Fever and 1 of Diphtheria
during the year.
The usual period allowed when speaking of a "Return Case"
is 28 days after the return home of a case from Hospital, or 28
days after the release of a case from isolation at home
One of the return cases of Scarlet Fever occurred after a case
nursed at home had been declared free from infection.
No cases of Diphtheria were notified from North Hyde School
during the year.
There does not appear to be any use made of the Dick reaction.
Scarlet Fever serum is being used at the Isolation Hospital in emergencies.
The Staff of Mogden Hospital is not being Schick tested or
immunized.
Scarlet Fever.
The following table shows the number of cases which have been
notified, and the number and percentage of cases which have been
removed to Hospital:—
No. of civil cases notified 209
No. of civil cases removed to Hospitals 160
Percentage of cases removed to Hospitals 76.5
The incident rate of Scarlet Fever in the civil population
(taken as 80,000) was 2.6 per 1,000. Four deaths took place from
this cause during the year, i.e., a case mortality rate of 1.9 per cent,
Diphtheria.
The following table shows the number of notifications received
and the percentage of cases of Diphtheria removed to Hospital
No. of civil cases notified 165
No. of civil cases removed to Hospitals 152
Percentage of cases removed to Hospitals 92.1