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1907, and 12.2 per cent. above the average for the ten years
1891-1900. The 1,099 cases occurred in 824 houses, and in 23
of these sanitary defects were found.
There was a slight increase in the number of notifications of
Diphtheria received during 1908, as compared with 1907, and
43.6 per cent. higher than the average for the five years 1901-5,
but 31.5 per cent. lower than the average for the ten years 18911900.
The 340 Diphtheria cases occurred in 265 houses, and in
only 25 of these were the drains, on testing, found defective.
Two serious outbreaks of Diphtheria occurred during 1908 in
Institutions in the Borough.
The Enteric Fever or Typhoid notifications received were
72.1 per cent. below the average for the ten years 1891-1900.
The 36 Enteric Fever cases occurred in 27 houses, in none of
which were the drains, on testing, found to be defective.