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venience and disturbance of educational work,
avoided.
Whooping Cough, which was so prevalent
in 1908, was practically absent in 1909, and only
1 death was attributed to it.
Scarlet Fever showed a considerable
diminution in the number of cases notified as
compared with the year 1908, for only 28 cases
were notified in 1909, as against 41 in the previous
year. All the cases were of the mild type, and no
deaths occurred among them. This mildness of
type makes it difficult to trace the origin of the
disease in many cases, and one is forced to the
conclusion that at times mild, unrecognised cases
exist, and spread the infection.
One case I suspected of being a "return
case," as the child was taken ill a few days after
the return home of another child of the same
family from the Isolation Hospital.
Diphtheria.—24 cases of this disease were
notified, of which 4 proved fatal. It cannot be
said that any epidemics occurred, for with one or
two exceptions the cases occurred at irregular
intervals throughout the year. Neither can it be
said that the Schools were the means of spreading
the infection. In many cases it is impossible to
trace the source of infection. On one occasion