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Diphtheria. For the fourth year in succession the district
has experienced a very low attack rate for diphtheria.
Twenty-eight cases were notified compared with 22 in the
year before and the incidence per 1,000 population was 0.41
compared with the rate for the country as a whole, of 1.58.
In the course of the investigations into cases, two other
persons were found to be "carriers" of the infection. A third
was detected by routine swabbing prior to admission to a
convalescent home. Two were nasal and one a throat
"carrier."
Two deaths resulted from diphtheria, a boy of four years
and a girl of eight. Both died on the fifth day of the illness.
This gives a death rate for this district of 0.02 per thousand
population.