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Erysipelas.
There were twenty-three notifications and no
death.
Cholera (English).
This was reported to me as a case of cholera in
June, on receiving the notification I at once visited the
patient, and found the house in a very dirty and
neglected condition, occupied by two families.
I gave instructions for the excretions to be thoroughly
disinfected, also the rooms used by the patient, who
made a satisfactory recovery.
Diarrhoea
was the immediate cause of twenty-six deaths, against
nine for the year 1894 (an increase of seventeen); the
cause of this excess I have already referred to in this
report.
Phthisis.
Thirty-nine deaths were registered from this
disease, against twenty-seven for the previous year,
and twenty-six for the year 1893. This complaint
is induced by dampness of the subsoil, overcrowding,
&c.
Cancer
was the cause of fifteen deaths, which is an increase
of ten on the previous year, and an increase of seven
on the year 1893. This malignant disease is considered
by many to be on the increase generally.
Possibly however some portion of the apparent increase
in deaths assigned to this cause may be due
to a more accurate diagnosis. Deaths from cancer are
usually more numerous in proportion to population,
and is quite as prevalent, probably even more preva