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nution in the number of deaths, except in the case of
diarrhoea, in which disease there was a considerable increase
in the number of deaths, owing to the unusually hot summer:
the deaths, in the majority of cases, being in infants under
one year.
Scarlet Fever . 9 deaths as compared with 12 in 1894.
Diphtheria 17 „ „ 35 „
Small-pox 0 „ „ 0 „
Typhoid Fever 9 „ „ 15 „
Measles . . 13 „ „ 54 „
Whooping Cough 30 „ „ 54 „
Diarrhoea . . 72 „ „ 32 „
Scarlet Fever.
There were 337 notifications of this disease received
during 1895, with 9 deaths, as compared 312 notifications
in 1894 and 12 deaths. The type of disease was as the
rule even more mild than in 1894. 117 of these cases were
removed to hospital.
Diphtheria.
There were 135 notifications of this disease received in
1895, with 17 deaths, as compared with 172 notifications and
35 deaths in 1894. 47 of these cases were removed to hospital.
1 hoped to be able to give some statistics as to the
results of the treatment of diphtheria by injection of antitoxin
in this District, and for that purpose wrote to all the
medical men in this District asking them to kindly let me
know the results of their use of this treatment in their cases.
So far, however, I have only had notes of 8 cases treated by
antitoxin injections. As there have been 135 notifications
of this disease, and of these only 47 were removed to hospital,
there remain 88 cases of diphtheria which have been
treated in this District, and in only 8 cases has antitoxin
injection been used. Of course the treatment may have been
used in other cases, but, if so, the medical man in attendance
has not communicated the result to me. Of the 8 cases in