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“That the deaths from Zymotic diseases has been
“less during the put ten weeks than the average
"of the last four years.
“We come now to the examination of the
"causes of Death in the Zymotic class and we
“find that there have been 6 Deaths from Cholera,
“and 5 from Diarrhœa. Even this amount of
"death is favourable as compared with death of
“the same class in past years. Thus during the
"same ten weeks last year, we had 13 deaths from
"Diarrhœa. From these statements it Appears
"that we hare passed through this period of anxiety
"with less death than usual. If you ask me how I
“account for this I say it has been on account of
"your sanitary activity. Whilst the sanitary com“mittee
has organised a body of medical visitors
"and inspectors to meet one enemy, it has kept ten
"others from your doors. This shews the economic
“value of sanitary measures, the few hundreds of
"pounds spent upon them is a saving of thousands
"of pounds to the Parish.
“I now wish to draw pur attention to the
"whole extent of the Cholera epidemic in this
"Parish, which embraces a longer period than that
"to which I hare alluded. The first case of
“certified Cholera occurred on the 34th of July,
“and the last to which I can now refer occurred on
“the 16th of October. The following table is a