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Parents, however, are now taking an active interest in immunisation,
and as the proportion of immunised children increases it is
hoped the severity and prevalence of the disease will diminish.
One case only of paratyphoid fever was under treatment
during the year.
During the latter half of the year sporadic cases of measles
were admitted in increasing numbers. These probably herald the
biennial epidemic which is due to appear in the early months of
1936. The disease was not of a severe type, and the requests
for admission had not reached epidemic proportions by the end of
the year.
Whooping Cough appeared to be fairly prevalent throughout
the year, and severe cases were admitted as accommodation
became available.
Four cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis and one of tubercular
meningitis were under treatment during the year, and of these 2
proved fatal.
The number of erysipelas and pneumonia cases under treatment
was small because, as in the previous year, many requests
for admission had to be refused owing to lack of accommodation.
At the beginning of the year 226 patients were in residence
and 1,720 were admitted during the year, making a total of 1,946
cases under treatment. Of these, 1,670 were discharged, 56 died,
and 220 remained under treatment at the end of the year.
The chief causes of death during the year are briefly
summarised as follows:—
Scarlet Fever 4 deaths
Diphtheria 35 ,,
Measles 3 „
Whooping Cough 2 ,,
Pneumonia 2 ,,
Meningitis 2 ,,
Septic Pharyngitis 2 ,,
Other diseases 6 ,,
T he fatality rate, calculated on all the cases admitted during
the year, was 3.25 per cent.
Table I. shows the admissions and deaths for each month of
the year, and in Table II. there is shown the annual admissions
and deaths from the principal infectious diseases since the Hospital
was opened.
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