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MEASLES.
(Decennial average, 92.4).
This disease was less fatal than usual; still, 58 persons, except two
young children, died from it.
SCAELET FEVEE.
(Decennial average, 86.7).
Scarlet Fever caused the large number of 132 deaths, 101 of which
were amongst young children.
The number of cases reported to us was 208; of these 68 were
removed to hospital; but I have no information as to the mortality, as
they are all lumped together in the official return as " Fever."
DIPHTHERIA.
(Decennial average, 1.2).
There were 11 deaths registered as Diphtheria : amongst them are
probably some cases of Scarlet Fever, accompanied by Diphtheritic
symptoms.
In every instance the dwellings in which the sufferers had resided
were found to be in an unsanitary condition.
FEVER.
(Decennial average, 53.1).
The deaths from the various forms of continued Fever were 27,
against 50 last year; 23 of the deaths were from Enteric Fever, and
four from Simple Fever. There was no death in the parish from
Typhus; but as 14 patients suffering from this disease were removed
to the Fever Hospital, in all probability some of them succumbed; but
for reasons previously mentioned I am unable to state the exact
mortality, though I trust next year to be able to do so.
The number of cases reported to us during the year was 512; of
these 41 were removed to hospital.
WHOOPING COUGH.
(Decennial Average, 124.8).
This disease was rife, and very fatal: it caused 229 deaths—more
than double the mortality of the previous year. Of the sufferers no less
than 135 were young children, 79 of them being under one year of age.