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vaccinator. There can be little doubt that the latter
would necessarily have to devote himself exclusively,,
or almost so, to the work of vaccination. The
general introduction of calf lymph would involve
the formation of large government establishments
for the preparation of the lymph, which
would be issued under Government guarantee. It
will thus be apparent that an increase in the expenditure
on vaccination is inevitable, but there will,,
doubtless, be a proportionate saving directly due to
the diminution in the prevalence of smallpox, and
indirectly to the economy arising from the absence
of individuals in the community who have been
more or less damaged and incapacitated by attacks
of the disease. The increased expenditure should
fall on the imperial revenue, not on local taxation.
NOTIFICATIONS.
During the year 1,226 cases of infectious sickness
were reported in the Parish, equivalent to a rate of
9.68 per 1,000 of the population. Last year's total
was 379 in excess of the total for 1895, and has been
exceeded once only, in 1893, when 1,473 cases were
recorded. The corrected annual average of cases for
the six years, 1890.95, was 924, a number exceeded
last year by 302. The mean rate for the six years
was 7.3 per 1,000, approximately 2.4 below the rate
for last year.