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cycles of recurrence after intervals of comparative
freedom have been frequently noted, and these
considerations are ground for not viewing with too
great an apprehension the outbreak which excited
such misgiving on the part of the public. The
agitation which the outbreak aroused is a satisfactory
indication of the increased interest in questions of
sanitation and hygiene and contrasts favourably with
the complete indifference which in the past has
marked the public attitude towards matters affecting
the public health.
TYPHOID FEVER.
Seventy-three cases of this disease were notified,
as compared with 57 in 1901, and 79 and 77 in 1899
and 1901 respectively.
Fourteen of these cases were treated at the
Council's Isolation Hospital, others being removed
to the Cottage Hospital or the London Hospitals.
In most of the cases the origin of this disease was to
be traced to sources outside the district.