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A Lodge has been erected in the grounds where visitors may
seek shelter during inclement weather. Telephonic communication
has been established with the Fire Station.
Two hundred-and-six cases of Scarlet Fever were treated in
this Hospital during the year, and six deaths occurred.
Sanitary Department.
Our Sanitary Staff consists of a Medical Officer of Health,
Chief Inspector, and two Assistant Inspectors of Nuisances,
Sanitary Clerk, Dust Inspector, and Disinfecting Man.
Summary of Statistics.
Birth-rate 37.3 per 1,000.
Death-rate 14.3 „
Zymotic Death-rate 2.7 „
(Signed),
A. W. BEAUMONT, B.A., M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.