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The number of cases admitted during the year has been—
Scarlet Fever.
Typhus Fever.
Total.
130
1
131
Remaining under treatment, December 31 st, 1892
12
Discharged cured
98
Died
5
Remaining under treatment December 31st, 1893
39
It will be seen from the above figures that there have been but 5 deaths during
the year out of atotal of 132 or 3.7 per 100 patients which I think is highly satisfactory.
Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act.—Under this Act I have received 231
certificates made up as follows—
Small Pox 1
Scarlet Fever 171
Typhus Fever 1
Typhoid Fever 5
Erysipelas 34
Membranous Croup 2
Diptheria 16
Puerperal Fever 1
Although acknowledging the extreme usefulness of this Act, it cannot be denied
that it is very frequently evaded and one can scarcely blame ignorant persons when
they refuse to believe a disease is infectious and that a child must be continuously
isolated for many weeks, when as in many mild cases of Scarlet Fever that child has
not been at all ill at anytime. I am convinced that were it not for the extreme
vigilance of the masters and mistresses of the various schools in the town that
many more cases of infectious disease would remain undiscovered. I have paid
several visits to the schools during the year and only on two occasions have children
suffering from infectious diseases been discovered.
Mr. Robinson, Sanitary Inspector, has supplied the following particulars—
Summary of Nuisances dealt with during 1893.
TABLE No. 1.
Number of houses and premises inspected (including 472 house to house to
house inspections)
1240
,, special complaints received and attended to
111
„ nuisances discovered
795
„ ,, abated
794
,, ,, outstanding Dec. 31st, 1892
14
,, preliminary notices issued 318
340
,, formal „ „ 22
,, summonses taken out ...
none
„ nuisances outstanding, Dec. 31st, 1893
*5
TABLE No. 2.
The following is a description of the Nuisances dealt with—
Number of defective and choked drains
211
,, „ w.c. cisterns
140
,, „ w.c. connections
91