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Asylums' Board Hospitals. In Table VIII are given the number of
cases admitted into these Hospitals tabulated
according to the nature of the disease and the sub-district
from which they came. There were thus 137 cases admitted
from this district in comparison with 103 in the
previous year.
The admission of cases of Diphtheria marks an epoch
in the history of the Asylums Board Hospitals. This
change is likely to be attended with the most beneficial
results. This disease is undoubtedly spread by direct
contagion like other infectious disorders and the necessity
for the change which has been made, to ensure
isolation and to check the spread of the disease has been
more than once pointed out in reports from this district.
We are sorry to report that not much progress can be
reported in regard to Compulsory Notification of Infectious
Diseases. This step must sooner or later be adopted.