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made in the main drainage of the district, which in my
opinion had nothing to do with the question, or the outbreak
would not have been of so very limited a character,
nothing was suggested. On the other hand, the fact that
so much Enteric Fever poison was suddenly thrown into
the sewers without any further spread of the disease, speaks
strongly in favour of the drainage arrangements of the
parish.
Simple Continued Fever caused only one death, as in 1888.
There was, however, also a death of an infant from
"Infantile Remittent Fever."
Diarrhœa caused 31 deaths, being 4 more than in 1888,
but against an average of 37.6 during the.previous 10 years.
I may note that the temperature of the summer quarter
was 0 8 degrees below the average of the previous 118
years, and no less than 1.3 degrees below the average of the
previous 48 years.
No death from English Cholera was registered.
Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889.
The Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, was passed
during the year. By this Act it was made compulsory on
Medical Attendants to certify, and on householders to notify,
the existence of cases of Small-Pox, Cholera, Diphtheria,
Membranous Croup, Erysipelas, Scarlet Fever, Scarlatina,
and the fevers known by any of the following names:—
Typhus, Typhoid, Enteric, Relapsing, Continued, or Puerperal,
and also any infectious disease to which the Act has been
applied by the Local Authority in manner provided by the
Act.
It was anticipated by some that great opposition would
be offered to this Act by the medical profession, and not