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Cancer.
Deaths.
1901 11
1900 12
1899 8
1898 7
1897 7
Further Sanitary Requirements of
District.
1. Much still remains to be done in the relaying and ventilation
of drains and sewers in many parts of the town, in rendering many
houses more habitable by paving round them.
2. More ventilation to the public sewers.
8. Sanitary tenements at low rental for the labouring classes.
4. Fresh water supply for Creeksmouth and other parts of
District not yet connected with public supply.
5. Hospital.—Site plans for a permanent Hospital are in course
of preparation. It is intended to begin the new Hospital by
erecting first of all a Nursing Home and Administrative Block,
with Caretaker's cottage.
6. Public Sanitary Conveniences for both sexes are urgently
needed in several parts of the town.
7. The erection of a Destructor for house refuse, &c.
8. The remodelling of the Sewage Works.
Statistics.
The death rates for the past ten years are set out fully in the
tables at the end of the book. The nett rate for the current \ear
works out at at 17.6 per 1,000 of the estimated population, and
the crude rate, i.e., the rate without the necessary deductions and
additions, works out at 15.9, which is the lowest for the past ten
years, with the single exception of 1894.