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the middle of the summer the Asylums Board's hospitals
became full, and considerable difficulty and delay was occasioned
in getting cases removed. It was necessary to make
application by telegram, day by day, for each case delayed,
otherwise they would have been passed over; but ultimately,
as far as this Parish is concerned, every case was admitted.
The epidemic which attacked the streets in the neighbourhood
of Mill Lane appeared to be greatly disseminated by the
agency of the Schools in the district. A weekly inspection
of the sanitary state of all the elementary schools in the
Parish was carried out by the Divisional Sanitary Inspectors
by order of the Public Health Committee.
Enteric and Typhoid Fever.—Thirty-seven cases of this
disease were notified against 49 for the preceding year, but
the number of fatal cases, eight, exceeded that of the
previous year by six.
Measles occasioned only one death, and was in abeyance
during the year.
Whooping Cough.—The six deaths from this disease show
a great falling off from our annual average, attributable, in
some measure, to the fine spring and summer.
Erysipelas.— Seventy-five cases of this disease were notified
against 52 for the previous year, with two fatal cases.
Seven cases of Puerperal Fever were registered, three of
which proved fatal.
Diarrhœa caused 22 deaths.
In accordance with the requirements of the Local Government
Board, under the Public Health Act, tables Nos. I.
and II. have been prepared. The first of these sets forth the