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was the basis, to a large extent, of some of the other Tables. As
it was not possible to accept the more abridged list contained in
the Animal Summary for 1882, but, at the same time, desirable
to frame Table 3 in close accordance with the more detailed list
drawn up for use in the Annual Report, the Society of Medical
Officers of Health revised certain Tables, which, at my instance,
they had framed for the sake of uniformity, some ten years previously,
and ultimately settled the forms of Tables 1—6 inclusive,
as they appear in the Appendix. It results, therefore, that
these Tables will be found to differ to some extent from similarly
numbered Tables in the annual reports prior to 1882. With this
explanation I pass on to deal with the remaining diseases in
Class 1.—Specific Febbile or Zymotic Diseases.
This class comprises six "Orders;" the first and second,
"Miasmatic" and "Diarrhceal," including the diseases already
dealt with.
Order 3, Malarial Diseases, includes Remittent Fever and
Ague; and Order 4, Zoogenous Diseases, includes Cowpox and
Effects of Vaccination, Hydrophobia, Glanders and Splenic Fever.
The deaths registered were two from Remittent Fever and one
from Erysipelas following Vaccination.
Order 5, Venereal Diseases, includes Syphilis, Gonorrhoea,
and Stricture of the Urethra. Syphilis was the registered cause
of 17 deaths, as against 15, 26, and 21 in 1884-5-6. All but one
of these deaths occurred in the Town sub-district: 13 of them
were of children under one year of age. If the truth could be
ascertained, it would probably appear that this Protean malady
was accountable, directly or indirectly, for a number of deaths
considerably in excess of the record. There were two deaths
from stricture of the urethra.
Order 6, Septic Diseases. This order comprises Erysipelas,
Pyœmia, Septicaemia, and Puerperal Fever, the total deaths
registered being 35, against 33, 40, and 29 in 1884-5-6.
Erysipelas was the cause of 11 deaths, against 26 and 7 in
1885-6; nine of them in the Town sub-district. Four of the
deaths were of children under one year of age.