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Two of the cases were in persons coming from abroad, and who
evidently were infected before arrival in this country; one contracted
the disease in Scotland, and one was a Wardmaid in the Isolation
Hospital of a neighbouring district up to 10 days before failing with the
disease.
Eight of the cases were directly traceable to pre-existing ones, and
four of these were infected from one patient who apparently quite well,
after discharge from hospital went to stay in a neighbouring district with
some friends, and while there infected two of the household. Returning
to a new home here, other members of the family sickened, and upon
their removal to Hospital I had a Bacteriological examination made of
her blood and dejecta, which failed to confirm the suspicion that she
was " a carrier."
The investigation of the cases showed that milk had no influence in
their production.
Of the homes inspected, nine premises were dirty, the drains were
defective in five, four had uncovered and dirty drinking water cisterns,
and in the same number the water-closets were more or less defective.
Under Sect. 35 of the 1907 Act Mr. West will be able to deal with dirty
water cisterns so kept as to render the water liable to contamination,
and I hope the existence of such will yearly become less.

The death-rate from Typhoid was 09 per 1,000, as compared with '08
for the "76 Great Towns," and .07 for England and Wales.
The average death-rate for the years 1901-7 was .1 per 1,000 of the
population.
SUMMER DIARRHCEA—EPIDEMIC OR
ZYMOTIC ENTERITIS.
During the year 26 deaths were registered from Diarrhoea, 14 from
Zymotic Enteritis, 9 from Enteritis and 11 from Gastro-Enteritis,
making a total of 60, compared with 67 in 1907, 178 in 1906 and 73
in 1905.