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Vital Statistics.
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harmless after the rash has gone and the neck glands have
subsided. In both Measles and Rubella the patient is infectious
before the rash appears, and therefore before the disease becomes
manifest.
Disinfection is not done as a routine measure in all cases,
but only if desired or thought necessary.
One infant school only was closed during the present
outbreak.
The outbreak this year has been mild, whereas in 1915 there
were more severe cases.
The poorer parts of the district have been singularly exempt.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (EMERGENCY
PROVISIONS) ACT, 1916.
(Chap. 12), Section 5. Sub-Section (a), of the above Act, is
as follows: —
" The fee to be paid to a medical practitioner for a certificate
or notification sent by him to a Medical Officer of Health in respect
of a case of disease to which the Infectious Disease Notification
Act applies, occurring in his private practice, shall be One Shilling
and no more."
Scarlet Fever.
94 cases of this disease were notified, compared with 137 in
1915, and 154 in 1914.
81 of these were removed to hospital, 77 to the Council's
Isolation Hospital, and 4 to other hospitals. One was a military
case, and one was wrongly diagnosed, and turned out to be cellulitis
of the neck, and died of pycemia. There were no deaths in the
District from Scarlet Fever.
A small outbreak in one school necessitated its closure for
ten days, after which no further cases arose.
Diphtheria.
34 cases of this disease were notified compared with 41
in 1915.