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Anthrax, Glanders and Hydrophobia in Man.
No cases of the above diseases were notified during the
year.
Continued and Typhus Fever.
One case of continued fever was notified during the year.
We have had no case of typhus fever since 1903, when
we had one case, and in 1901 we had eight cases.
Diarrhoea and Enteritis.
1911 Average of
previous 10 years.
Number of Deaths 37 82
Death rate per 1,000 (all ages) 0.34 0.78
Death rate per 1,000 (under two
years of age) ... ... 0.26 —
Under this heading are included deaths registered as due
to epidemic diarrhoea, epidemic enteritis, infective enteritis,
zymotic enteritis, summer diarrhoea, dysentery and dysenteric
diarrhoea, choleraic diarrhoea, cholera (other than Asiatic or
epidemic) and cholera nostras.
Under the heading of "Enteritis" are included deaths
registered as due to enteritis, muco-enteritis, gastro-enteritis,
gastric catarrh, and gastro-intestinal catarrh. Gastritis is a
separate disease.
These diseases were the cause of 37 deaths during 1912
compared with 188 for 1911. Of this number 30 were of
children under five years of age, 28 of these being under two
years of age.
The death rate was 0.34 per 1,000 at all ages, and 0.26 for
infants under two years of age.