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No death from this disease took place in Wood Street, but the other
Wards had one each and the type of disease in all the Wards was mild.
Of the 232 cases notified, 189 or 81 per cent. were removed to
hospital.
The number of cases removed from each Ward for 1910 and previous
years with percentages of the total may be seen from the following:—
St. James St. High St. Hoe St. Wood St. Northern.
1910 38 33 44 17 57
and for previous years—
1909 97 53 48 32 134
1908 78 55 83 26 168
1907 83 86 61 83 118
1906 57 65 50 73 68
1905 50 70 44 31 62
1904 50 36 50 37 30
1903 59 63 53 67 45
Per cent. removed—
1905 33 31 33 38 33
1906 41.6 37.5 38.4 42.2 34.7
1907 56 58 38 67 47
1908 68.4 78.5 63 42.5 65
1909 83 80 60 69 69
1910 84 90 90 77 72
DIPHTHERIA—MEMBRANOUS CROUP.
During the year 138 cases of this disease were notified compared with
183 in 1909, 223 in 1908 and 251 in 1907.
One hundred and eleven of the cases (80 per cent. of the total) were
removed to Hospital.
No undue incidence was apparent in any particular period of the
year, the cases varying from two in June to 1.5 in September, with a
maximum of 25 in December.
The attack rate for the whole district was under one and the deathrate
.1 per 1,000 of the estimated population, but as in previous years
the Wards were affected differently.