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The cases were spread over the whole district, and at
no time was the disease epidemic.
In connection with this disease, I would urge upon
parents and others having the charge of young children,
the importance of having early medical attendance in all
cases of affections of the throat, as the patients have a
much greater chance of recovery when treatment is
commenced in the early stages.
With a view to the early detection of cases of this
disease, the Council are prepared to pay for the
bacteriological examination of swabs from patients who
are not in a position to meet the expense of such
examination, so as to obtain a definite diagnosis at the
earliest possible moment.
By this means potential carriers may often be
discovered, who might otherwise continue to be centres of
infection, and become the cause of an epidemic.
All patients who are scholars are excluded from school
for four weeks after discharge from Hospital, and for the
same period after recovery when treated at home.
All contacts attending school are excluded for fourteen
days.
Enteric Fever.
Three cases of this disease were notified. Two of the
cases were traced to the consumption of shell fish, and the
remaining patient evidently contracted the disease while
on a holiday in Switzerland.
Scarlet Fever.
Eighteen cases were notified, five of which were in
one house; and eight patients were treated at the Isolation
Hospital.