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workers by immigrants from all the neighbouring"
nations.
We are allowing our vast territories in Canada,
Australasia, and South Africa to be peopled by races
other than our own, and we are trending towards the
point when we shall no longer be a colonising race,
and the tie of blood between the mother country and
its colonies will no longer exist.
EARLY NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS.
I regret that the births of children born in the Town
are not registered so early as they ought to be, and this
can be seen by reference to the Registrar's lists. I feel
it my duty to draw the attention of the parents and
guardians of children born in Harrow, to the very serious
responsibility which rests upon them in this matter.
With earlier notification and registration the Sanitary
Authority and the Babies' Health League could take
steps to prevent many infantile deaths.
I recommend the Council to memorialise the Government
to make the registration of a birth compulsory
within 36 hours of the event.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Seventy-seven cases of infectious disease were certified
during the year as compared with 53 in 1907, and 32
in 1906. They are as follows:—
Scarlet Fever, 49; Diphtheria, 20; Erysipelas, 5;
and Enteric, 3. There was one death from Enteric.
There were no deaths from Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
and Puerperal Fever.
The following nine deaths occurred from non-notifiable
diseases:—One from Whooping Cough, four from
Influenza, and four from Enteritis.
There was no death from Measles.
DIPHTHERIA.
Twenty cases of this disease have been certified during
the year, as compared with six for each of the last
three years. No death from this disease has occurred
during the last four years, which happy result I attribute
chiefly to the prompt administration of anti-toxin provided
by the Council.