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Fifty-three cases out of the above 58 were removed to
the Isolation Hospital for treatment. Only two deaths were
recorded from infectious disease during the year: Scarlet
Fever 1, Diphtheria 1.
All rooms are disinfected as soon as possible after the
removal of patients suffering from infectious disease. The
disinfection is carried out by the Sanitary Inspector with a
Formalin gas lamp or a Formalin sprayer. When necessary
the bedding and clothing are taken to the Isolation Hospital
and disinfected by steam.
During the year 45 cases of Whooping Cough were
notified to me by the school authorities in the district, and
on this account the Infants' School in Station Road was
disinfected right through.
Only one death was due to Influenza during the year
1925.
Ten new cases of Tuberculosis were notified during
the year. Of these four were of the non-pulmonary type.
Four out of the ten new cases notified during 1925 proved
fatal.
The same routine of disinfection is carried out with
both Cancer and Tuberculosis.
By arrangement with the Local Council all medical
practitioners in the district take swabs or specimens for
pathological or bacteriological examination in all cases
suspected of infectious disease.
No use has been made of the Schick and Dick tests
during the year 1925.
No vaccinations have been performed by the Medical
Officer of Health under the Public Health (Small-pox
prevention) Regulations, 1917.