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Fever.
Seven deaths, 5 from Enteric (or Typhoid)
and 2 from Puerperal Fever were registered in the subdistrict,
and 5 from Enteric occurred in hospitals. The
combined number is 2 above the average. There was no
death from Typhus.
Whooping
Cough.
From this disease 35 deaths were registered
and 3 occurred in hospitals; and together
were 15 in excess of the average.
Diarrhoea.
To this disease 35 deaths were referred and
were 5 above the average. With two exceptions all of
these deaths occurred to very young children, 30 of whom
were under 1 year of age. This disease is usually the
most fatal of the zymotic group, but is seen to have been
largely exceeded by Measles in the past year.
Influenza.
The epidemic of this disease which commenced
in the latter part of 1889 continued through the first
quarter of the past year and caused 7 deaths.
On again referring to the Table it is seen that all the
diseases of the epidemic class, with the exception of Smallpox
and Scarlatina, exceeded their respective averages,
and that the excess from Measles and Whooping-Cough,
especially the former, was unusually great.
Notification of Infectious Diseases.
The following Table shews the number of the several
diseases notified, (he number of patients sent to hospital
and the number of deaths that resulted both in the Subdistrict
and in Hospital.