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Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act, 1889.
Under the above I have received the following
notifications:
Small Pox 0
Scarlet Fever 72
Diphtheria 43
Membranous Croup 3
Typhoid or Enteric Fever 15
Continued Fever 4
Erysipelas 39
Total 176
Those for the year 1896 numbered 320, and for
1895, 118.
Scarlet Fever.
The diminution of the prevalence of this most
infectious disease in the District is satisfactory,
although a certain number of cases occurred during
each month of the year; five deaths were registered,
and 72 notifications.
Diphtheria.
Forty-three notifications and 11 deaths. This
disease, which was formerly met with in rural districts
chiefly, has of late shown an increasing tendency to
become an urban disease. The Registrar-General,
referring to the increased mortality from this disease
in recent years, states: "That a part of it may be
attributed with much probability to a number of
deaths which would formerly have been referred to
croup being now ascribed to diphtheria."