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SCARLET FEVER.
Two cases were notified as against one last year.
Both cases were very mild. They occurred in adjoining
houses, one of which was disinfected on July 14th, while
the other case was notified on September 3rd. No cause
was found for the outbreak.
DIPHTHERIA.
Ten cases were notified as against four last year.
The incidence of Diphtheria has been much greater in
this District than Scarlet Fever during the past two
years. Five cases were notified in February, and the
others occurred in March, May and November. With
regard to the cases occurring in February, four were in
a Scattered Home belonging to the Guardians of the
Kingston Union. One of the inmates had been ill for
some time previous to a medical man being called in.
She was suffering from the nasal variety of the disease
and she infected the others. All the girls in the house
were prophylactically injected with Antitoxin Serum.
The first case was severe but the others were mild. These
cases were removed to Tolworth Isolation Hospital. The
girls attended the Girls' Elementary School and were in
various standards. None of the other children attending
this school were infected. One other case occurred in
February. It was a child who was attending the Infants'
School. No connection between this case and the others
could be traced. In March, about a month after the
last of the above-mentioned cases had been notified, a
boy who had left school and who worked in another District
developed the complaint. His sister developed the
disease next day. Both they and the rest of the household
were injected with Antitoxin. About the same
time a case was notified from Hampton Court. The child
attended the Palace School. The child and the rest of
the household were injected with serum. Two months