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Small-Pox.
1905 is the third consecutive year during which no case of this disease
has been notified in the district. The Small-pox Hospital at Dockwell has
been maintained throughout the year in an efficient state, ready at any moment
to receive patients.
One doubtful case from Richmond was admitted for observation, but in all
probability the disease was Chicken-pox.
The value of Dockwell Hospital was demonstrated during the outbreak of
Small-pox in 1901-2, and the necessity of continuing to keep it ready at all
times to deal with cases of this disease, will exist till the present unfortunate
state of the laws in this country with regard to vaccination is altered.
Measles.
No figures are available on which to found any estimate as to the number
of cases of this disease in the district. The voluntary notifications received
from the school teachers were, if anything, below the average. No deaths
were registered as having been caused by it, whereas in the previous year
there were six.
Typhoid Fever.
There was a marked decrease in the number of cases of Typhoid notified
during the year, compared with 1904. 8 cases occurred, the numbers in the
three previous years having been 15, 9 and 10. No deaths were registered as
due to it.
Scarlet Fever.
85 cases of Scarlet Fever were notified. This number is 20 more than the
total in 1904, but 58 less than those notified in 1903, and 27 less than the
number in 1902.
The actual numbers of cases of Scarlet Fever notified in each of the last
five years is as follows:—
1901 104
1902 112
1903 143
1904 65
1905 85