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Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
During the year 15 cases were notified, of which 3
ended fatally. Each case was carefully investigated,
with the result that both milk and water could be
exculpated from any share in the dissemination of the
disease. Several were imported cases, and in two
there was evidence that shell fish had been the cause
of the disease.
Diarrhœa,
(Including "Enteritis" and "Gastro Enteritis") was
responsible for 22 deaths as compared with 8 in 1910.
Thirteen of these deaths were those of infants
under two years of age, and are more fully referred to
"Infantile Mortality," Table IV.
Measles.
A sharp outbreak of this complaint occurred in
February, and resulted in seven deaths. It was
prevalent during the spring and summer. The
fatalities were mostly the result of pulmonary complications.
A certain proportion of cases became known
to me through the Council's School Officials. It is a
matter of importance that the public should be
educated in regard to measles, and the only practical
way is to convince people of two facts: 1st, that the
complaint may prove a very serious and fatal disease;
2nd, that it is practically never fatal, provided a few
elementary precautions are taken in the earlier stagesof
the illness.