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INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
In Tables V. to XXV. will be found the history of the various cases of
Infectious Disease reported and dealt with during the year. It will be noticed that the
total—447, is largely in excess of the average for the past 10 years, and it will also be
seen that this is due to the notification of cases of Tuberculosis under the new
Regulations. A larger number than is usual of cases of Cholera and Yellow Fever in
homeward bound ships was reported, but no case of these diseases was present in any
vessel on arrival. Of 19 cases of Small-pox reported, nine were removed to the Port
Sanitary Hospital, and of the 65 cases of Enteric Fever notified, 29 were removed to
the same hospital.
The total number of notifications made of the addresses of passengers and crews
having arrived on vessels having had cases of certain Infectious Diseases, including
Small-pox on board, was 439, while the number of vessels, &c., disinfected was 131.
and 74 lots of personal and other effects were disinfected by the steam apparatus.