Activities of Hospitals' Division and Steps Taken During the Hostilities IHE activities of the Hospital's Division of the Council's Public Health Department during 1937 are reported in the following summary taken from the annual report of the Department The year 1937 has been particularly eventful for the Hospitals' Division.
Smallpox, which had assumed the proportions of a mild epidemic at the close of 1936, continued during the Spring of 1937 and abated in March. Thereafter, the disease continued endemically for some months, and gave rise to a total of 277 cases, of which 50 were foreigners. The type of case seen during this epidemic was chiefly a severe "confluent" variety. There were also numerous "haemorrhagic"/Cáses which proved rapidly fatal. Deaths totalled 89.
The high mortality rate from this disease serves to emphasise the importance of periodical revaccination.
The earlier months of the year ayer also occupied with the treatment of diphtheria, scarlatina and cerebrospinal fever which also became epidemic for short periods.
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