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24.
Deaths from Diphtheria.-Ten deaths were due to
Diphtheria, thus giving a case mortality of 2.7 per cent.
Seven deaths occurred in males and three in females.
Of the ten deaths one was in an adult aged 21 years; two
deaths occurred in infants under 2 years of age and the
remaining seven persons whose illness ended fatally
were aged, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 13 years respectively.
Scarlet Fever.
Notification of Scarlet Fever. Four hundred and
eighty-nine cases of Scarlet Fever were notified during
1929 which was equal to 3.1 per thousand of the
population.
Females were more affected by the disease than
males in the proportion of 274 to 215 cases and the three
deaths which occurred were in boys aged 2 and 3 years
and a female aged 20 years. The mildness of the disease
can be judged by the fact that there were only three
deaths out of 489 cases.