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especially of Diphtheria and Enteric Fever, that the medical practitioner
should be enabled, free of charge, to have specimens examined and
reported on.
There are two methods by which this object might be attained,
viz.:—the establishment of a municipal laboratory, or an arrangement
with one of the several institutions in London which, on payment of a
small fee, make such examinations and forward reports.
In my opinion the latter suggestion is the one which, if carried out,
would meet all requirements and at the same time entail practically no
initial and certainly less annual expense.
Puerperal Fever.
Only one case was notified as compared with 6 cases with 4 deaths
in 1902. The house in which the case occurred was inspected, but no
defects were discovered.
Erysipelas.
41 cases were notified, and 1 death occurred, as compared with 56
cases and no deaths in 1902. The case mortality was 2.4 per cent.
Of the cases notified 4, or 9 per cent., were removed to hospital.

Continued Fever.
No case has been notified during 1903.