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Infectious Diseases (Notification) A 61, 1889.
Under the above I have received the following
notifications:
Scarlet Fever 70
Diphtheria 27
Typhoid or Enteric Fever 14
Continued Fever 2
Puerperal Fever 2
Erysipelas 52
Total 167
For the year 1897 they numbered 176, for 1896
320, and for 1895 118.
Scarlet Fever
Was more or less prevalent daring each month. The
cases were of a very mild type; there were 70
notifications and no deaths. An outbreak of this
complaint occurred in October at Strand-on-theGreen,
which was the result of several children
attending the Board School when they were in the
peeling or desquamating stage, thus conveying it to
others, the attacks having been of such a mild
character had been overlooked by the parents.
Diphtheria.
Two deaths and 27 notifications, against 11 deaths
and 72 notifications for the year 1897, indicate a
satisfactory decrease.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
Four deaths and 14 notifications, against t\vo
deaths and 15 notifications for 1897.
V
Continued Fever.
No deaths, two notifications.