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Remarks.
From the above distribution it will be seen that the South and
West Wards are responsible for 67 per cent. of the cases.
In 17 cases only was I able to trace serious defects in the house
drainage. Investigations were made in every case as to milk
supply, water, butter, meat, vegetables, fish, &c., with results which
were somewhat confusing.
Some of the cases appeared to originate from milk from a source
which was certainly nut above suspicion, though the report of the
Bacteriologist reads :—" I find nothing to indicate that this milk
was sewage polluted, or that it contained the Thyphoid Bacillus."
The water that the cows were drinking contained—
1. " The Bacill Coli Communis."
2. " Bacillus Enteritis Sporogenes."
" It was impossible to detect the Bacillus Typhonus in the water."
The conditions under which the above samples were taken have
been greatly improved.
The most striking feature in the cases this year appeared to be
the readiness with which other members of the same family contracted
the disease from one another. In no less than 26 cases
this appeared to be the cause.
Among the small houses inhabited by the working classes, in
which isolation is impos???ible and the precautions necessary to be
observed in order to prevent the spread of such disease, but understood
removal to hospital is imperative if an epedemic is to be
avoided.