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years, and of the notifications received 171 were of children
attending the following schools:—
Haydons Road (Girls and Infants), 36; Haydons Road
(Boys), 6; Queen's Road (Girls and Infants), 36; yueen's
Road (Boys), 10; Effra Road, 24; Holy Trinity, 15;
Dundonald, 13; Central, 9; Roman Catholic, 6; Cottenham
Park, 1; Private, 7; and schools outside the district, 8.
Although, as mentioned previously, the number of cases
notified was considerably larger than in previous years, it
was fortunately not deemed necessary at any time to advise
the closing of any particular school.
The investigations made in each case, the distribution
of leaflets of precautions to be taken, the measures of disinfection,
and the means taken to prevent members of the
same household from attending school have been the same
as in previous years and referred to in former reports, but the
increased number of cases has naturally involved a considerable
amount of additional work upon the staff of the
Department.
Appendix Table III. shows the age distribution for the
whole of the infectious diseases, the Wards in which they
occurred, and from which they were removed to the hospital.
In Table C, on page 5, will be found the death-rate
from Scarlet Fever for the past ten years.
The Sub-Committee mentioned in my last Annual
Report, appointed to consider "the best means of providing
a suitable observation ward at the Isolation Hospital, and
also as to what extensions to the building are likely to be
required during the next few years," reported in December,
1906, after having carefully considered the present hospital
accommodation and needs and the probable increase in the
population of the Borough, and recommended a scheme
providing for additional accommodation in the way of
twenty-four beds for Scailet Fever patients, fourteen for
Typhoid Fever, and various extensions to the Administrative
Block, etc., at an estimated cost of £16,072. The present
four-bed pavilion for Enteric Fever cases is proposed to be
used as an observation ward.
This scheme was under the consideration of the Council
for some months, but in April of this year a motion proposing
its adoption was negatived, and subsequently the
Council instructed the Sanitary Committee to prepare a
further scheme.
A Sub-Committee was appointed to deal with the
question with instructions to limit the proposed enlargements
to twenty beds with the necessary accommodation
for administrative purposes.
The Engineer and Surveyor to the Council was accordingly
required to prepare the necessary plans, estimates, etc ,
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