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Small Pox.—No case of the true disease was notified to me
during the year. Two or three certificates were sent to me, but
the disease was found to be other than Small Pox.
Deaths from Small Pox during the last ten years—
1888 - 1893 6
1889 - 1894 2
1890 - 1895 4
1891 — 1896 1
1892 — 1897 —
The annual rate per 1,000 living was 0.00.
Scarlet Fever.
The deaths from Scarlet Fever were 33, as against 29 last year.
The total number of cases notified was 769 this year, and 666
last year.
Deaths from Scarlet Fever during the last ten years—
1888 36 1893 51
1889 43 1894 19
1890 37 1895 16
1891 17 1896 29
1892 45 1897 33
The annual rate per 1000 living was .27.
Of the 769 cases notified, 537 were removed to hospitals of the
Asylum Board with 27 deaths: a mortality of 5.0 per cent.
232 were treated at home, with 6 deaths: a mortality of 2.5
per cent.
The number of cases removed for treatment to the hospitals of
the Asylums Board was 537 for this year, as against 362 last year.
This increased number of removals which has been taking place
steadily for years past does not appear to have had much effect
in diminishing the total number of the cases occurring yearly.
This is accounted for in our district by the cases treated at home,
owing to the impossibility in our crowded parish of properly
isolating them, being the means of spreading the disease broadcast
so that almost all susceptible children are attacked. The removal
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