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It is noteworthy that this year again the figure has increased ;
the number of deaths this year from this cause is more than
equal to the number of deaths during the two years 1900 and
1901. This continually increasing figure is a matter of importance.
Venereal Diseases.
Two infant deaths have been registered as having occurred
from these diseases, while there were four deaths occurring in
Lunatic Asylums from the after effects of Syphilis. I do not
think that these were the only deaths resultiug from this cause,
as there is a great difficulty under the present law for death
registration whereby the death certificate is to be handed by the
family doctor to the nearest relative. It will be apparent that
the result of plainly stating the cause of death in these cases
would result in further misery to the stricken family. I believe
that if it were the duty of the medical man to send death
certificates direct to the registrar, a much more accurate certification
of the cause of death would result.
It would be of value in dealing with these diseases if the
Council were to provide facilities for the bacteriological diagnosis