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Vital Statistics. 37
on a ledge or mantelshelf. In the saucer place a little square of
bread for the flies to alight upon and drink.
I have asked the Surveyor to distribute posters dealing with
Diarrhoea as widely as he can. There has been no outbreak so far,
but August and September are the two worst months for this
disease.
The Sanitary Inspector has also been instructed to look out
for and seize unsound fruit and vegetables.
I have no doubt that there is another cause for Diarrhoea not
dealt with in the circular, and one that is beyond the reach of
Sanitary Authorities, viz., the conveyance of filth from the hands
of children playing in the streets to their mouths, either directly or
through the medium of sweets or food.
With regard to domestic precautions as to food storage, milk,
etc., the Health Visitor and Sanitary Inspectors have made this a
part of their routine duties.
POPULATION.
The 1901 census showed a population of 17,900; the 1911
census showed a population of 30,377; the present figure as
estimated for 1914, shows a population of 34,745.
The number of inhabited houses in 1914 is 8,272, and this gives
an inhabited house rate of 4.2.
The natural increase of population or the excess of the number
of nett births over nett deaths for 1914 is 418.
The area of the district is 2,518 acres, exclusive of that area
covered by water.
BIRTHS.
The nett number of births registered during the year is 754,
being an increase of 18 compared with last year, and an increase»of
44 on the average for the last five years.