HH62/45/193

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followed by the removal of the causes of the disease, and the experience of the past
year has been no exception to this. In the Western District the cause of a large
number of the cases of Enteric Fever was the pollution of the River Forth by
sewage. The remedy of this opens up a very large question affecting, not only
Perthshire, but also the Central District of Stirlingshire. The Western District
Committee have, however, energetically faced the difficult problem.

TABLE showing the prevalence of certain Zymotic Diseases in the several Districts
during the different Months of 1894.

[Table inserted]

Measles caused 1 death during 1894, as compared with 7 in 1893. The disease
was prevalent in many parts of the County, and, although the type of the epidemic

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DIAGRAM
showing the prevalence of
SMALLPOX, DIPHTHERIA, SCARLET FEVER & ENTERIC FEVER
DURING 1894

[Graph inserted]

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