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Annual Report for 1918.
Population.
At the Census, 1911, the population was found to be
27,750.
The Registrar-General lias estimated the population
for the middle of the year to be—33,129.
The majority of the population in the district are
employed at one or other of the factories established
here; these comprise factories in which are carried on
Gun Making, Cable Making, Oil Refining, Manufacture
of Mining and other Machinery, and the Manufactur"
of Asbestos and Cement Slates and Slabs.
A small number are engaged in Agricultural and
Horticultural pursuits.
Infectious Diseases.
There were 379 cases notified during the year, including
cases of Tuberculosis and Measles.
Of these 68 were Scarlet Fever, 20 Diphtheria, 4
Erysipelas, 3 Enteric Fever, 1 Puerperal Fever, 4 Ophthalmia
Neonatorum, 194 Measles, 13 German Measles,
and 72 Tuberculosis.