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The wards most affected were St. Jude and St. Paul.
The annual mortality per 1,000 living was 0.01.
MEASLES.
This disease became notifiable at the beginning of the year 1916.
The notifications during that year numbered 2,310. This figure does not
represent the whole of the cases occurring in the borough, as the notification
was restricted to the first case only in a family. The whole of the
cases must have numbered as many as 3,500. The totals deaths were
84. It will be seen by the table of weekly notifications that the disease
ran a pretty consistent course throughout the year. Every case was
immediately visited, on the same day as notified, and general directions
were given to the person in charge of the patient.

The annual death-rate per 1,000 living was 0.47.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.
During the year 25 cases of Cerebro-Spinal Fever were notified, of
which 13 died. Also 13 cases of Poliomyelitis of which none died.
DIARRHHEA.
The deaths from Diarrhæa and Enteritis numbered 107. The
year under consideration was distinctly favourable to infants in regard
to these complaints.
The annual death-rate at all ages from Diarrhæa per 1,000 living
was 0.60.