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ERYSIPELAS.
The cases certified as erysipelas numbered 138, as compared with 183 in 1904,
147 in 1903, and 172 in 1902. The numbers for previous years are contained in the
report for 1901. The deaths numbered 3, as compared with 5 in 1904, 7 in 1903, 8
in 1902, 6 in 1901, 10 in 1900, 16 in 1899, 11 in 1898, 5 in 1897, 3 in 1896, 5 in
1895, 5 in 1894, and 15 in 1893.

The cases were pretty equally distributed throughout the year. The death-rate
was 0.02 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared with 0.04 in 1904, 0.06 in 1903, 0.06 in
1902, 0.05 in 1901, 0.08 in 1900, and 0.13 in 1899. The deaths were at the rate
of 2.1 per cent. of the cases certified, as compared with 2.6 in 1904, 4.7 in 1903, 4.6 in
1902, 4.2 in 1901, 5.8 in 1900, and 8 in 1899.
Pyaemia and Septicaemia (blood poisoning) were given as the cause of 15 deaths,
10 of males and 5 of females. Infective endocarditis (a form of heart disease) resulted
in three deaths. There were two deaths attributed to other septic diseases allied to
the foregoing.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Nine cases, four of which occurred during the first quarter of the year, were certified,
the attacks per 1,000 births being at the rate of 2.2, as compared with 1.3 in
1904, 1.7 in 1903, 2.2 in 1902, 1.7 in 1901, and 2.5 in 1900. The death-rate due
to puerperal fever calculated per 1,000 births was 1.0, as compared with 0.5 in 1904,
0.2 in 1903, 0.7 in 1902, and 0.5 in 1901. The fatality may be judged of by the fact
that four of the nine women certified to have puerperal fever died.