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Cambridge Road.—73, 74, 75, 76. These houses have been
closed and pulled down.
1913.—Waller's Cottages, Bittoms, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. These
houses have been pulled down and the land cleared.
During the later months of the year the country has been
engaged in a great war, and it would be hardly possible that such
an event could have no effect upon public health. From August
to the end of the year no case of Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal fever had
occurred in the Borough, but one, if not two townsmen have died of
this disease outside the town. Possibly one or two of the cases of
Meningitis may have been this terrible disease in an unrecognized
form. Since the end of the year under review several cases have
occurred iu the Borough, to which reference will be made at the
proper time.
Small Pox is another disease we may expect to be brought
home to us especially from the East, where it is rife amongst the
Turks. This disease can be readily safe guarded against by
Vaccination and re-vaccination, and it is strongly recommended
that all un-vaccinated children should be vaccinated at once.
When the disease appears Vaccinators will be very busy, and delay
may be fatal.
Typhoid Fever is also likely to be brought over by invalids.
Many persons apparently well are unfortunately carriers of this
disease. Tnere have been thirteen cases this year, as against one
case in 1913. Persons are warned against uncooked shell fish,
salads not properly cleaned, unsterilized milk, &c., &c.
The presence of troops in the town iu billets for a short
time caused special requirements to be arranged. The Military
Authority reported to me the houses in which men had been
billeted, and these were all visited and the conditions noted. On
one occasion it was found that men had been billeted in a house