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Diarrhœa caused 12 deaths, a comparatively small
number, owing largely to the absence of much hot
weather in the summer.
Erysipelas.—Fifty cases were notified and there were
2 deaths. The usefulness of notification of this disease
is not great, and most of the cases were of a trivial klind.
Puerperal Fever—Three cases were notified and 1
death occurred.
There were also 2 cases of continued fever notified.
Disinfection. Rooms in 145 houses were fumigated with
sulphurous acid, and 51 lots of bedding and other
articles were disinfected by super heated steam, at a cost
to the parish of £83. Some of the disinfection of
bedding was done at the cost of the patients' friends.
Seventy-six notices were served to cleanse and strip
walls and ceilings of rooms after infectious disease, and
subsequent to fumigation,
Inquests. There have been 37 inquests held during
the year, the following being the verdicts:—
1. From Natural Causes 20
2. Accidental—
Falls 3
Found dead in bed with mother 5
Poisoning from Carbolic Acid 1
Shocks from Burns 1
10
3. Homicidal—
(a) Suicidal—Hanging 2
(b) Manslaughter—neglect 1
(c)Wilful Murder 3
6
4. Open Verdicts—
Found dead 1
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