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that the present state of the law does not permit of
my compelling these persons to leave their homes
while suffering from this fearfully contagious malady.
I must again thank the district surgeons, and the
relieving officers, for their assistance in getting oases
removed to Hospital.
MEASLES.
(Decennial average 82).
This disease was, as usual, prevalent, and caused 59
deaths, all except three amongst young children, the
greatest mortality being between the ages of one and
two years,
SCARLATINA.
(Decennial average 122.9).
Scarlet Fever, with its sequelae of kidney trouble,
was the cause of 68 deaths, 41 of these were young
children.
DIPHTHERIA.
{Decennial average 6.8).
Fourteen deaths are classed under this head, though
eleven only were so registered; the other three cases,
I was privately informed by the practitioner in attendance,
were cases of contagious sore throat, ending
fatally. For some reason, best known to himself, this
medical gentleman did not choose to certify them as
Diphtheria, but I have so classed them notwithstanding.