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Erysipelas.
There was one fatal case, an adult, and twelve cases
in all were notified, but several of these were, there is some
reason to believe, very mild in type.
Epidemic
Influenza.
There has again being a renewal of influenza, but it
would hardly be correct to say that it had ever wholly gone,
at least for long, because there seem to have been sporadic
cases throughout the year. Two deaths were registered.
Cholera.
A circular dated July 16th from the Local Government
Board headed "Cholera—Notifications of Diarrhoea" was
sent on to me by your Clerk, in which after reciting that
Cholera cases occurred in 1892 and 1893, it mentioned that
in those localities where it got a footing an antecedent
diarrhoea had prevailed, and reminding Sanitary Authorities
of the necessity of vigilance, said the Board would give
favourable consideration to applications for the notification
of diarrhoea until the termination of the then current
quarter. In reply, I reported to your Board that I had
given careful consideration to this circular and did not
propose to advise you to make this application, as the
surroundings here especially in the important matters of
drainage and water supply were not such as were likely to
become sources of danger to the inhabitants, nor—as I had
learnt from lengthy personal experience—was diarrhoea
ever very prevalent here, and further that in my opinion it
would possibly tend to create unnecessary alarm, and be
productive of no compensating good. This advice was
acted upon.
Notification Act