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excluding this disease, there were 411 cases of other
notifiable diseases, as against 475 in 1908, 591 in 1907,
439 in 1906, 397 in 1905, and 333 in 1904.
Reference to Table III. at the end of the report
will show:—
Firstly, cases notified in the whole District, with
the ages of incidence and the nature of the
Infectious Disease.
Secondly, the total number of cases (and nature
of the disease) in each locality.
Thirdly, the number of cases removed from each
locality to the Isolation Hospital.
Infantile Summer Diarrhcba.
During the summer 10 deaths were registered as
occurring from Infantile Summer Diarrhoea. It is a
very satisfactory feature that the deaths from this complaint
have fallen from 71 in 1906 to 40 in 1907, to 21
in 1908, and from that number to 10 this year. This
gives a death rate of 0.16 per thousand of population, as
against 0.36 last year, and 0.79 in 1907.
In every case a careful enquiry was made, and
reference to Table XIII. in the appendix will show
the circumstances, feeding, and family history of the
victims to this, to some large extent, preventable disease
in 1909. The parishes and roads (or streets) invaded
during the past nine years will be found in Table XIV.
Scarlet Fever.
During the year 212 cases of Scarlet Fever were
notified, which is only three cases more than were notified
last year, and is 105 less than the number notified
during 1907. Of the 210 cases the disease had a fatal