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of the populations as regards occupation, age, sex, &c., so
now that there are not wanting signs that notifications may
be viewed in the same light, it is equally necessary to remember
that since apparently undue relative proportions of
sickness may be taken to imply defective sanitary conditions,
they may also be equally due to temporary or accidental
causes such as climatic conditions (floods, &c.), importations,
or extreme pollution of milk or water.
In connection with this matter of notification the
carrying out of the provisions of the Act for the benefit of
the community is largely dependent for success on the tact
and consideration of the officials and on the good will of
those with whom they come in contact. I have again to
gratefully acknowledge the assistance and courtesy which
I have in nearly every instance received at the hands of my
medical colleagues and the heads of families.
Isolation
Hospital.

Two cases in addition were admitted under observation, but
neither of them were found eventually to be notifiable.
On January 1st, 1894, there were in the hospital under
treatment, seven cases of scarlet fever and two of enteric
fever, both of these latter died, they were referred to in the
1893 report.
Mortuary.
The reasons which were to my thinking good and
sufficient in 1892 when I first advocated the necessity of a
mortuary, are still more so now when the district is enlarging
its borders, so that I have no hesitation in recapitulating
them. In the matter of accidents or deaths