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Zymotic Diseases—The various diseases grouped
under the First Class in the preceding Table caused 29
deaths, or about an eighth part of the total mortality.
The epidemic of Small Pox, which occurred at the beginning
of the year, was somewhat severely felt in this
Sub-district. Four deaths occurred in the District,
although strenuous efforts were made to remove the cases
to hospital. The want of sufficient hospital accommodation,
the distance from the then existing hospitals, and the
difficulty of conveyance, contributed to this unfortunate
result. The occurrence of fatal cases of such a disease in
private houses is to be greatly deplored, and, if possible,
avoided, since it means, probably, the exposure of many
lives to needless danger from, in all likelihood, the worst
types of the disease. In a District such as this, the
Cottage Hospital system would be a suitable means of
meeting prevailing epidemics.

The deaths from Diarrhoea are singularly few. Scarlatina
has been exceptionally light also.
Non-Zymotic Diseases.—The diseases grouped under