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throughout the year 1908. The following table gives the number of
notifications in each week throughout the year:—
January 4th 5 cases July 11th — 6 ceses
„ 11th 6 „ „ l8th 8 „
„ 18th 8 „ „ 25th 11 „
„ 25th 7 „ August 1st 1 case
February 1st 15 „ „ 8th 4 cases
8th 7 „ 15th 3 „
„ 15th 11 „ 22nd 1 case
„ 22nd 14 „ „ 29th 1 „
„ 29th 6 „ September 5th 9 cases
March 7th 9 „ „ 12th 10 „
„ 14th 0 „ „ 19th 11 „
„ 21st 2 „ „ 26th 9 „
„ 28th 11 „ October 3rd 24 „
April 4th 13 „ „ 10th 10 „
„ 11th 6 „ „ 17th 15 „
„ 18th 4 „ „ 24th 5 „
„ 25th 6 „ 30th 17 „
May 2nd 7 „ November 7th 16 „
„ 9th 10 „ „ I4th 14 „
„ 16th 11 „ „ 21 st 9 „
„ 23rd 11 „ „ 28th 19 „
„ 30th 10 „ December 5th 16 „
June 6th 1 case „ 12th 11 „
„ 13th 9 cases 11 19th 19 „
„ 20th 9 „ „ 26th 11 „
„ 27th 10 „ To „ 31st 8 „
July 4th 8 „
There is one point of exceeding interest in the se sonal
incidence of the disease. It will be noticed that for the five weeks
ended August 29th, there is a sharp drop in the number of notifications,
followed by a rise which culminated in the week ended
October 3rd.
The elementary schools of the district were closed for the
summer holidays on July 23rd, and re-opened on August 25th.