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and by frequent removal of house-refuse. It is to be hoped
that an arrangement may be made in future by which, in certain
streets where the disease is exceptionally prevalent, the usual
weekly removal of house-refuse may be replaced by a more
frequent removal during the months of July, August and
September.
Each death from Diarrhoea was investigated, and
information as to the methods of feeding obtained. Out of
67 deaths of infants under one year, in regard to whom reliable
information could be obtained, only one was breast-fed, 29
were fed on cow's milk more or less modified with barleywater,
&c., and 37 were fed on condensed milk, patent foods,
and the comprehensive dietary described as "what we have
ourselves."
Tuberculosis.
The following table shows the death-rate from Phthisis
and other Tubercular Diseases per 100,000 persons in each
year since 1892.