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PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
DISEASE.
Diphtheria.—Thirty-nine cases were reported with one
death, which equals an incidence rate of 2.08 per 1,000 of
estimated population, and the death-rate of .05 per 1,000 of
population.
The monthly incidence was as follows :—
2 in January
2 in February
Sin March
3 in April
6 in May
7 in June
3 in July
2 in August
2 in September
3 in October
2 in November
4 in December
All the cases were removed to hospital.
The figures for the previous years are as follows :—
1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922
24 24 19 17 57 26 47 28 62
The number of swabs examined for the Diphtheria Bacillus
was 151.
Scarlet Fever.—Sixty-five cases were notified, which
equals an incidence rate of 3.4 per 1,000 of estimated population.
Again, the infection was of a mild type as no deaths were
registered.
The figures for the previous year are as follows:—
1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922
56 59 20 12 15 20 65 120 120
Enteric Fever.—No cases were reported.