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Prevalence of, and Control over, Acute
Infectious Diseases.
The total number of cases of acute infectious disease
notified during the year was 170, which is equal to an attack
rate of 5.0 per 1000 of the population, as compared with an
attack rate of 2.9 per 1000 for the year 1912, 3.1 per 10C0 for
the year 1911, 5.0 per 1000 for the year 1910, and 6.0 per 1000
for the year 1909.
Percentage of Infectious Cases Removed to Hospital.
Of the 170 cases of Infectious Disease notified, 101 were
removed to Hospital, which is at the rate of 59 per cent., as
compared with 67 per cent. for 1912, and 71 per cent. for 1911.
Small-Pox.
No case of small-pox occurred in the Borough during the
past year. The last case notified was in the year 1903.
Diphtheria.
Fifty-three cases of this disease were notified, as compared
with 34 for the previous year. The attack rate was 1.5
per thousand of the population. Thirty-four patients were
removed to Mogden Hospital, being 64 per cent. of the notified
cases. One death occurred from this disease.
Forty-one of the cases occurred in patients below 15
years of age. Thirty-two of the cases were notified in the
North Ward.
At the beginning of October a mild case of Diphtheria
was notified in Alexandra Road. Upon investigation it was
found there had been some cases of mild sore throat in the
same street previously.
At different periods throughout the month other
cases of diphtheria arose in the same street, occurring in
houses on one side of the street only. There was a history in
each case of personal contact with a previous case. St.
Luke's School was visited and the throats of every scholar
examined, swabs being taken from those throats which showed