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at the Mereway Hospital. Again the hospital is in the
immediate proximity to the Sewage Disposal Works and
dust destructor and is approached through and is only two
hundred yards away from, one of the poorest and most
congested parts of the district.
Fortunately no other case of small-pox arose, although
all known contacts were kept under observation and
fortunately also the number of ordinary infectious disease.
remained so low as not to exceed the limited accommodation
at the Mereway Hospital.
This can only be attributed to good fortune and the
possibility of dealing with patients in the same easy way
cannot be relied upon in the event of the occurrence of
another case of small-pox.
The Health Committee considered reports from the
Surveyor and myself on the question of making satisfactory
and adequate provision for small-pox, but no definite
decision had been arrived at by the end of the year.
Scarlet Fever.
The number of cases notified was 39, being 6.8 below
the average for the preceding nine years. The attack rate
was 1.07 per thousand of the population. There were two
deaths from scarlet fever, the mortality rate being 5.1 per
100 cases.