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Stonebridge Farm was vacated in February, was
twice disinfected, the walls stripped and cleansed;
when subsequently occupied by a family no Diphtheria
occurred among them.
In July the Council passed a resolution to enlarge
the Hospital by the addition of an Annexe to the
Administration Block for sleeping-quarters for the
Nurses and a two-story Hospital Block.
ENTERIC FEVER.
In the early part of the year there were very few
cases notified—three in January, none in February,
one in March, two in April. It was not till October
when the rains commenced after a long very dry
season that the disease assumed active proportions.
During such a dry season the level of the underground
water becomes much lower, the soil dries and cracks.
It is known that Enteric Fever reaches its greatest
prevalence in October and November which generally
coincides with the increased rainfall, and did very
markedly so in the present year.
SANITARY INSPECTION.
This work has been kept up as in previous years,
but owing to the large increase of the District and
the urgency of other work, so much attention could
not be devoted to these special examinations.
This work of systematic inspection entails a large