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The whole of the cases were strictly isolated or taken to the
hospital, otherwise the outbreak would have been very serious. A
more careful enquiry elicited the fact that one of the children was
ill on the day of the excursion, and on arrival at the tea-gardens
was wrapped and laid on a sofa. Four or five days afterwards this
child sickened with obscure symptoms of typhoid, although the
medical attendant would not certify that it was typhoid. I think
this fully explains the outbreak.
Having now briefly discussed the alterations in death rates
owing to population having been calculated at too high a number,
I propose, after making calculations for past years, to discuss the
rates for the year 1890.
TABLE I.
Showing the Population, Marriages, Births, Deaths, and Density
of Population per acre for the Year 1891.

*Registered in 53 weeks.