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inculcating rational notions on the best method
of feeding infants, and in general cleanliness. I
am certain that a prompt and complete removal
if possible, of all organic refuse, the paving of
yards, and all open spaces immediately around
dwellings with an impervious paving, and the
sealing of the ground upon which the house
stands against the access of contamination from
the soil, by a bed of good concrete, (as is done
in all new houses now) must in the future have
a considerable influence for the better in checking
this disease.
The essential condition to an epidemic of "summer
diarrhoea "was present in a high temperature during August
and September. The rainfall in August was 1.04, and in
September 1.22. Table A on page 3 shows at a glance the
deaths from Diarrhoea for the past five years.

Whooping Whooping Cough caused three deaths, as against seven
Cough
in 1897, and fifteen in 1896.