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INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Scarlet Fever.
340 cases of Scarlet Fever were notified during the year,
compared with 295 in 1942, 103 in 1941, 103 in 1940 and 335 in 1939.
Less than 50 per cent., namely 147 of these cases, were removed
to Isolation Hospital.
Diphtheria.
The number of cases notified was 107, compared with 75 in
1942, 73 in 1941, 28 in 1940, 60 in 1939 and 221 in 1938. There
were 4 deaths from this disease.
Immunisation has been intensified during the year, and the
method used has been two doses of alum precipitated toxoid; 0.2 c. c.,
followed 3 weeks later by 0.5 c.c.
Total attendances at Immunisation Clinics .. 9,826
Schick Tests 2,743
Cases completed during the year:—
Over 5 years of age, 1,038.
Under 5 years of age, 1,400—Total 2,438.
Estimated percentage of child population immunised at the
31st December, 1943:—
Aged under 5 years, 68 per cent.
Between 5 and 15 years, 55 per cent.
Diabetes.
With the approval of the Ministry of Health, Insulin has been
supplied to necessitous persons suffering from Diabetes since 1925,
but with the more recent publicity given to this matter as a result
of the general authority given in Circular 2734, dated January, 1943,
there has been an increase in the number of cases taking advantage
of this facility during the year 1943.
During this period 17 cases were supplied with Insulin, at a
cost of £93 2s. 7d.