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is ready. The house (a general dealer's shop, etc.) was
closed by arrangement for 4 days, and the family was lodged
in our temporary shelter, while the Council's Officers carried
out a thorough cleansing and disinfection. The walls were
stripped and distempered, and a considerable quantity of
miscellaneous goods was burned in the Destructor.
Although further cases were looked for among the
numerous people who had visited the shop during the incubation
period, none occurred.
ENTERIC FEVER.
Average number of cases each year during the last 10
years, 1895-1904 = 7.6 cases.
Three cases were notified. There were no deaths. There
was good reason to believe that infection in each case was
contracted outside the district. Tests showed no sanitary
defects in the premises.
One of the cases was suspected to be due to eating oysters.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Our infantile mortality was exceptionally low last year.
Of the 43 deaths under 1 year of age, the causes were as
follows :—
Infectious Diseases (Whooping
Cough) 5
Diarrhoeal Diseases 7
Wasting Diseases 19
. Tuberculosis Diseases 2
Other causes 10
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