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them very willing to avail themselves of the opportunity.
It has the double advantage of the isolation of suspected
persons, and the more thorough disinfection of their houses
in their absence. As an example of the value of vaccination
in the prevention of contagion from small-pox, I may mention
an instance which occurred this year. A man contracted
small-pox, and was removed to hospital, and his wife and
children isolated, as they had all been in direct contact with
him. They had all been thoroughly vaccinated, and all
escaped, while a friend of the patient's, who came in to see
him for only a few minutes, when he was first taken ill, contracted
the disease ; he, however, had not been vaccinated.
Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
The number of deaths from Phthisis show an increase
of 5 on the previous year.
The total number of deaths from diseases of the respiratory
organs was 249, or 86 less than last year. Of this
number 29 deaths were attributed directly to Influenza, as
compared with 58 in 1893.
Inquests.
Coroner's inquests were held in 61 cases of death.
The causes of death were returned as follows:—
Natural causes 34
Violent death 21
Of these latter 16 were accidental, 4 suicidal, and 1 homicidal.
Six cases were returned as " Found dead," and 22
deaths were registered as "Not Certified."