HH62/45/137

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DIAGRAM
showing the prevalence of
SMALLPOX, DIPHTHERIA, SCARLET FEVER, TYPHUS FEVER and ENTERIC FEVER
DURING 1893.

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[Note] 136

[Page] 10

Enteric Fever caused 4 deaths, against 7 in 1892. There were 54 cases of
the disease reported, against 26 in 1892. The chief groups of these cases occurred in
the Perth and Eastern Districts, and are full referred to in the District Reports.
It is unnecessary to say more in this place than, that in so far as the cases at
Bankfoot, in the Perth District, are concerned, the cause of the disease is,
undoubtedly, the want of a proper system of drainage, which leads to the
accumulation of slop-water around the dwelling houses, as well as the pollution of
the water supply, which is entirely derived from surface wells.

TABLE showing the prevalence of certain Zymotic Diseases in the several Districts
during the different Months of 1893.

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[Note] 137