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The Compulsory Notification of Infectious Diseases
has been in force in this District since the 1st of January, 1890.
and under the Act the following cases have been reported during the
year—
Scarlet Fever 168 in 1897 264
Diphtheria 99 „ 87
Typhoid Fever 31 „ 31
Puerperal Fever — „ 2
Erysipelas 51 „ 39
Continued Fever — —
Membranous Croup 1 „ 3 and
Small Pox — „ —
350 426
The number 350 compares with 426 for 1897, 709 for 1896, 615
for 1895, 410 for 1894, 618 for 1893, and 840 for 1892.
81 cases were reported in the first quarter of the year,
72 „ „ „ second „ „
77 „ „ „ third „ „
120 „ „ „ fourth „
350