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in the peeling stage, and others had been running about the
streets. The neglect of precautionary measures in many cases
was owing to the extremely mild form of the disease, and many
parents were not aware that their children had contracted it
until desquamation began.
With regard to the fatal cases. The first was registered in
October, a boy aged 6 years, who was found to be peeling at the
Trinity Schools. He was sent to his home in Hartfield Crescent,
and there died a few days afterwards. Two deaths were registered
in December, one a boy aged 1 8/12 years from No. 11, Griffith's
Road, where there were 2 other cases in the house. And the
other a girl of 18 months from Avondale Villas where there had
been 3 other cases.
TYPHOID FEVER.
Sixteen cases we notified but no deaths occurred from this
disease, against 7 cases notified last year, and no deaths.
No cases occurred in the months of January, March, May,
June, and October, and there was a fairly even distribution of
the cases over the remaining 7 months.
Six of the cases were imported from other districts. One (a
woman) contracted the disease through nursing her child. There
is some evidence of polluted drinking water in three cases. Five
were probably due to defective drainage, and one could not be
satisfactorily accounted for. Some of the cases were severe, but
as already stated, none proved fatal.
SMALL POX.
Twenty-one cases of Small Pox were notified this year, but
there were no deaths, against 5 cases notified last year and 1 death.
The first case occurred at No. 30, Gladstone Road, in februa^,
a youth aged 18 years. This was attributable to the youth
having assisted his father (who was an undertaker) in the
removal of two corpses of persons who had died from Small Pox
in the Kingston Infirmary. All precautions were taken, the
young man removed to the Hospital, the house disinfected, and
the other members of the family re-vaccinated.