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Zymotic Disease.
The number of deaths from Zymotic Disease was 202
as compared with 153 in the previous year. The increase
was due to measles and whooping cough, these complaints
having caused 108 deaths in 1894 as compared with 29 in
the previous year.
Scarlet Fever 12 deaths as compared with 14 in 1893.
Diphtheria 85 ,, ,, 53 „
Small-pox 0 „ „ 5 „
Typhoid Fever 15 „ „ 10 „
Measles 54 ,, „ 19 „
Whooping Cough 54 „ „ 10 „
Diarrhœa32 „ „ 42 „
Scarlet Fever.
There were 312 notifications of this disease received
during 1894, with 12 deaths, as compared 524 notifications
and 14 deaths in 1893. The cases were scattered over the
district. The type was as a rule mild. In no case could
milk be traced as a source of infection.
Diphtheria.
There were 172 cases of this disease reported during
the year, with 35 deaths, as compared with 219 notifications
and 53 deaths in 1893. Very few cases have been reported
from the Freehold, Forest-hill, in which part of the district
there were so many cases last year. Most of the houses
here have been inspected and redrained, and the small
number of cases now occurring there is undoubtedly due to
this improvement in sanitation. The treatment of diphtheria