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Infectious Disease
not on the List
Under the Infectious
Disease
(Notification) Act.
In connection with the cases of measles
whooping cough, chicken pox, and mumps
brought to the notice of the Health depart
ment, much assistance was given by the
school attendance officer, who kindly left al
each house a circular drawn up by the medica
officer of health, in which the nature of the ailment was
described and advice given as to precautionary measures thai
should be adopted. As all the cases of the above-namec
diseases that were brought to our notice occurred amongst
scholars of the elementary schools, the procedure adoptee
avoided two different officers of the local authority calling al
the same house.
Percentage of
Infectious Cases
Removed to
Hospital.
Of the 136 cases of Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever
and Enteric Fever, which were notified in
the Borough, there were 99 removed to the Hospital, which is at the rate of 72 per cent.,
as compared with 70 for the previous year.
1908.
Per
cent.
1907.
Per
cent.
1906.
Per
cent.
1905.
Per
cent.
1904.
Per
cent.
1903.
Per
cent.
Small pox
-
-
-
-
-
100
Diphtheria and Croup
45
32
43-7
72-8
66
64
Scarlet Fever
85.5
86
81
84.7
67.6
84.8
Enteric Fever
60
75
37.5
38.6
28
30
Bacteriological
Investigations.
The following are the results of the specimens fowarded to the Lister Institute of Preventive
Medicine for bacteriological investimation
Results
Disease Suspected.
Specimens.
Negative.
Positive.
Diphtheria
82
50
32
Enteric Fever
3
2
1