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died, and 658 have had scarlet fever, leaving a total
of 9,352 children under five years liable to take the
disease. During these five years there have been
1,432 cases of scarlet fever notified of persons over
five years of age, many of whom, however, have
been over the school age; there have also been 814
deaths of children between five and ten years of
age; these figures, supposing all the cases notified
to have been under ten years of age, would leave
1,754 out of the above 4,000 still liable to the disease,
it thus appears that there are over 11,000 children
under ten years of age who are susceptible. This
takes no notice of children between 10 and 13 years
of age who are still attending school, nor of the
number of children brought into the District by
immigration. The total number of cases notified
has been 475, it thus becomes a subject of interest
and surprise, not that there have been so many
cases, but that there should have been so few.
Diphtheria.—This disease has not prevailed to
such an extent as last year, and not nearly so much
as in 1893, the deaths have also been less.
Measles.—This disease prevailed to a lamentable
extent in the spring, and caused 124 deaths, or
nearly double the number of those diseases which
are notified. 1 recommended that some schools
should be closed, which was done with considerable
advantage; it would have been necessary to have
recommended others, but the holidays intervened