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more clearly seen, as might have been expected a
priori, in connexion with those diseases, which require
isolation to prevent their extension, or in the course of
which some intercurrent inflammatory symptoms or
other complications are apt to arise from the want of
good nursing. I do not here refer to the creature
comforts, or to the many adjuvants to health
which wealth can command, but to the wholesome and
purifying influences of light, fresh air, cleanliness,
freedom from exposure to cold, &c., which are within
the reach of all.
VACCINATION.
I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Dudman, the
Vaccination Officer of this parish, for the contents of
Table VII. From this table it will be seen that of the
children whose births are therein mentioned as registered
during the year 1875, a certain number was not vaccinated.
1 have reason, however, to believe, that a later
return will shew that the lives of a small percentage
only of such children were afterwards left unprotected
by vaccination.
Rate of Mortality per 1,000 oj the Population.
st. mary's
st. John's.
Measles
.135
.052
Scarlet Fever
1.156
.803
Whooping-Cough
.721
.388
Bronchitis
2.312
1.243