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case of Small Pox, whilst Whooping Cough and
Diarrhoea exhibit their average numbers. Measles
present a slight excess above the average, and this
was due to an outbreak which occurred in the month
of December. In the four weeks of that month 12
cases of death from Measles were recorded in Berwick
Street district alone In the second week of the
outbreak as the disease shewed unusual malignity I
determined to treat the houses and families as though
they were cases of Scarlet Fever. The rooms where
the disease was were visited by the Sanitary Inspector,
and disinfectants were distributed, and the clothing
of the infected families were sent to the Disinfecting
Apparatus in the Stone Yard. The consequence
was that the spread of the disease was almost
immediately stayed.
Need of a Mortuary.
In the more thickly populated parts of the Parish
the need of a mortuary is deeply felt. The presence
of the dead amongst the living, especially in the
hotter parts of the year, is a source of disease to
the family in which it occurs, and of great and
painful annoyance to other families living in the
house. I trust some steps will be immediately
taken to supply this especially sanitary institution.
Public Bathing.
In October last I reported to the Vestry as
follows:—
" During the past summer my attention has been