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The following are the expenses incurred in carrying out the
disinfection above mentioned, exclusive, however, of the salary
of the Inspector, who attends to other things as well. The cost
of labour was £91 3s. 0d., and would have been much more if
the men engaged had not been put to other work when not
employed in disinfecting. The coal and coke cost £15 6s. 8d.;
repairs to the disinfecting chamber, £6 10s. 0d.; for new wheels
and repairs at different times to the covered truck, £12 16s. 8d.;
for disinfectants, £71 11s. 4d., which, however, includes those used
for disinfecting drains and gullies; and £5 14s. 6d. for petty
expenses, making a total of £111 8s. 6d. Against this outlay
we have to place a sum of £23 19s. 0d. paid by persons who
were in a position to defray the cost of disinfecting their beds,
bedding, and other articles, leaving a nett cost of £87 19s. 6d.
to be charged on the rates.
Having thus briefly discussed the statistics of the small pox
epidemic, I shall now proceed, as usual, to lay before you various
matters connected with the sanitary condition of the district.
The first general table is one which shows the estimated
population for the ten years, 1867-76, the density of population
per acre, the number of marriages, births and deaths, and the
number of births to 1000 population.