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Small Pox
No case of small pox was notified during the year 1946.
Scarlet Fever
The number of cases of scarlet fever notified during the year
was 95 as compared with 147 in 1945, equivalent to a case rate
of 1.53 per 1,000 population. The disease has continued mild in
character and no deaths due to this cause were recorded. Of the
total number of cases notified 70 were treated in hospital, and
25 cases were treated at home.
The patient's home was disinfected after his removal to
hospital or his release from isolation, but steam disinfection of
the bedding has been discontinued as a routine procedure.
Diphtheria
Thirty-two cases of diphtheria were notified during the year
and all cases were removed to hospital for treatment, including
any carriers discovered by routine swabbing of contacts. Every
case recovered.
The following table gives details of notifications and the
number of each age group immunised:—