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Infective Diseases.
Enteric and Para-Typhoid Fevers.
54 cases, and three deaths of the above occurred.
24 of the cases were true Enteric Fever and 30 were Paratyphoid
Fever.
The number of cases from the above is higher, but the
number of deaths is two lower than in the previous year.
There was no special outbreak and no connection between
the cases could be traced.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
During the year there were 14 cases of Puerperal Fever
and 35 cases of Puerperal Pyrexia notified. Six of the cases
died. The death-rate was -03 per 1,000.
Erysipelas.
145 cases were notified and two deaths occurred during
the year, compared with 122 and four in 1927.
Whooping Cough.
Nine deaths occurred during the year, while the number of
cases notified was 1,665. The death-rate was -02 per 1,000.
60 of the cases were removed to hospital.
1,425 visits were made by the Sanitary Inspectors and
Health Visitors to houses where cases of Whooping Cough
occurred, and 118 premises were disinfected.
Influenza.
The number of deaths from Influenza was 41, compared
with 136 in 1927, 56 in 1926, 111 in 1925, and 139 in 1924.
The death-rate was -11 per 1,000.
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