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the school was re-opened, and I heard of no fresh case of fever
amongst the scholars.
FEVERS.
(.Decennial average, 48.5).
The various forms of Fever were responsible for forty-nine deaths,
almost the exact decennial average. Enteric Fever caused forty-three
deaths; Typhus four; and Simple Fever three.
Three hundred and twenty-four cases of the various forms of Fever
(including Scarlet Fever) were reported to us; 157 were removed to
Hospital, 25 died, 150 recovered, and 23 remained under treatment at
the end of tho year.
DIPHTHERIA.
(.Decennial average, 8.8).
Fourteen deaths from this disease were returned by the registrars.
There is, however, some difficulty in getting at the exact number, as
membraneous croup is by most medical authorities considered to be
only a form of Diphtheria. Thirty deaths were classed under the head
of Croup, and probably some of these should have been referred to
Diphtheria.
WHOOPING COUGH.
(.Decennial average, 125.4).
This disease was the most fatal of the Zymotic group, and caused
142 deaths : this number is considerably above the average.
MEASLES.
(Decennial average, 98.5).
Only 37 deaths were attributed to Measles: this is considerably
less than half the average.
DIARRHOEA.
{Decennial average, 111.4).
Diarrhoeal diseases caused 137 deaths, five of which were attributed
to Cholera. No fewer than 127 of the deaths were amongst young
children, 104 of whom were infants.
This large mortality (four-and-a-half per cent, of the total deaths
from all causes) was accounted for by the exceptional heat of the
summer, the mean temperature of which was three degrees above tho
average for the 113 preceding summer quarters.