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Fever. As in the year previous 7 deaths resulted
from the following forms of Fever, viz.:—Fnteric (or
Typhoid), 3; Puerperal, 2; and Continued, 2. The
number of cases notified was: Enteric, 27; Puerperal,
4; Continued, 2; and Typhus, 1. Six Enteric and the
single case of Typhus were treated in Hospital and
recovered.
Whooping-cough.
From this disease 18 deaths occurred and 1
in Hospital. The number is exactly half of the
year previous, and 7 less than the corrected average.
Diarrhœa. Diarrhœa, as usual the most fatal of the
zymotic group, caused 25 deaths in the Sub-district and 1 in
Hospital. The number is less by 11 than in the previous
year and 9 less than the average. With 4 exceptions all
the deaths occurred to young children, 17 of whom were
under one year of age.
Influenza. This epidemic recurred during the past year
with increased severity, and caused 15 deaths (4 of which
took place in out-lying institutions), and were 12 in
excess of the number of the year preceding; while a
still greater fatality is doubtless attributable to its immediate
or remote effects as represented by the excessive
number of deaths from diseases of the respiratory-organs.
On reverting to Table 4 it is seen that Influenza and
Diphtheria were the only diseases of the zymotic group
which exceeded their respective averages, all the others
having been less, and some very much less than their
average amount.
In illustration of the foregoing statistics the numbers
of the several diseases notified, of the patients removed
to Hospital, and of the deaths that resulted in Hospital,
as well as in the Sub-district, during the year are recorded
in the next Table:—