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case of Small Pox, and perhaps Typhus Fever. In any
case, whether voluntary or otherwise, extreme care should
be exercised to have a suitable vehicle for removal. It
should be comfortable, clean, not conspicuous in appearance,
and, if necessary, artificially warmed. If possible,
it should not be a pauper ambulance, but capable
of being hired by those willing and able to afford the
expense. The necessity for having the classes separated
in Hospital is also a pressing question.
It will be noticed on referring to the above table
that Measles has been more fatal this year than in any
other. The disease was very prevalent in the first and second
quarters of the year, but generally of a mild type. No
fatal case of Scarlatina was registered. Whooping Cough
was prevalent during the whole year. Diarrhoea was
especially severe in the third quarter of the year, and
more fatal this year than in any of the series. The percentage
of Zymotic disease to all other causes was 18*8
per cent. The diseases abovementioned are chronologically
arranged in the annexed table, which also shows
the mean temperature for each quarter.
DISEASE.
1878.
First
Quarter.
Second
Quarter.
Third
Quarter.
Fourth
Quarter.
Mean Temperature 410-5 54°.6 60°-8 41°-6
Small Pox ... 1 ... ...
Measles 1 5 ... 1
Scarlatina ... ... ... ...
Diphtheria ... ... ... 1
Whooping Cough 1 1 ... 2
Diarrhœa 2 ... 8 ...
Fever 1 2 ... ...
Total 5 9 8 4
The total deaths from Zymotic Disease are no less
than J.4 in excess of last year, and as the deaths from all