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Judging from the returns that I receive from various institutions, the
amount of general sickness in the parish, during February, appears to have been
somewhat less than in the previous month. While there has been a slight
increase in the cases of measles, those of scarlatina appear to have become
less frequent, only 18 cases being recorded, and half of these having entered
the Fever Hospital from various quarters of town. There has also been a
reduced number of cases of pulmonary disease. Measles and hooping-cough
are still prevailing to a greater extent than in February of the two preceding
years. It will be seen by the table that there have been 9 cases of small-pox
attended by the parochial medical officers, and at the Holloway Dispensary.
There ought not to be a single case to record, and there would be none if
every person were efficiently vaccinated.
EDWARD BALLARD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
42, Myddelton Square,
March 3rd, 1859.