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Percentage of
Infectious Cases
removed to
Hospital
Of the 176 cases of Small-pox, Diphtheria, Croup,
Scarlet Fever, and Enteric Fever which were notified
in the Borough, there were 133 removed to Hospital,
which is at the rate of 75 per cent., as compared with
76 per cent, for the previous year.
1903. 1902. 1901.
Small-pox 100 per cent, 90 per cent. 100 per cent.
Diphtheria & Croup 64 „ 63 „ 66.6 „
Scarlet Fever 84 8 „ 84.7 „ 84.6 „
Enteric Fever 30 „ 47 „ 75 „
Bacterioscopic
Examination of
Material from
Suspected cases
of Diphtheria
and Enteric
Fever
The arrangement made between the Health Committee
and the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
whereby any medical practitioner in the Borough can
obtain at the Town Hall a suitable apparatus for collecting
and forwarding material from suspected cases,
to the Lister Institute, has been found of great service.
There were 21 such samples forwarded from patients suspected
to be suffering from Diphtheria, 5 of which showed the presence of
Diphtheria Bacilli, and 11 samples of blood from suspected cases of
Enteric Fever, one giving the Widal reaction.
In the majority of the cases, from the after course of the
illnesses, the medical practitioners considered those specimens
which gave a negative result were from patients who were not
suffering from the disease first suspected.
Bacterioscopic
examination of
Sputum.
Four specimens of Sputum have been examined
throughout the year by the Medical Officer of Health,
and tubercle bacilli were found in three instances.