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ENTERIC FEVER.
But few cases of this disease could be admitted
to the Hospital owing to lack of accommodation.
Altogether 14 were admitted during the year of whom
one died.
With the exception of Small-pox none of the infectious
diseases have greater claims to hospital isolation
than Typhoid Fever. The home conditions of
the majority of cases are such as to make nursing at
home highly imprudent from the standpoint of the
interests either of the patient or the public health.
Fortunately the district has not been visited
with any considerable outbreak of this disease.
SMALL POX.
There were altogether 78 admissions to the Small
Pox Hospital during the year. Nine of these were
diagnosed as not suffering from Small Pox, of whom
two subsequently contracted the disease. This leaves
a total of 71 cases of Small Pox treated in the Hospital
during the year.