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carried out, as far as circumstances admitted, and, excepting the
first family, in only one other did the disease spread. Three of
the cases proved fatal. Eight cases of the same disease have been
notified from Boyndie parish. Two of these were traceable to a
third. The others were isolated cases. Three cases, affecting
two families, occurred in the village of Cornhill. The first case
appeared at the same time as the outbreak in Marnoch, but we
failed to trace any connection.
Twenty-five cases of Typhoid Fever have been notified.
Eleven of these were from Boyndie parish, the majority being in
the village of Whitehills. The four cases notified from Enzie
occurred in Portgordon, and were imported from Fraserburgh.
They were all members of the same family, and were ill when
brought home. The two cases in Gamrie were also members of
one family. The other cases notified were isolated ones. The
Forglen case came from Aberdeen.
Seventeen cases of Scarlet Fever were notified. Of the eight
cases from the parish of Rathven, seven occurred in one family,
one case proving fatal. Of the Portsoy cases, three occurred in
one family. The Enzie case (Portgordon) was traceable to Aber-
deen.
Of Erysipelas, 12 cases were notified, and, in four instances,
contagion from a previous case was proved.
Four cases of Puerperal Fever were notified from the village
of Whitehills
Through the kindness of the Registrars, whom I take this
opportunity of thanking, I have been furnished with returns of
the Births and Deaths in the different Registration Districts for
the past year. The information thus received I have embodied
in Table I., which shows the distribution, according to Registra-
tion Districts, of those diseases which have proved fatal during
the year.

8.- Tabular Statements of Sickness and Mortality.
On a preceding page (9), I have given a table of the Sickness
within the District, so far as it has come to my knowledge
through the operation of the Infectious Disease (Notification)
Act, but this only includes some of the infectious diseases.
The tables which follow are drawn up on the lines of those
issued by the Board of Supervision.

TABLE I. - Births and Deaths occurring in the Banff or Lower District of the County of Banff during the Year 1891.

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* The District Asylum is situated in this Parish. Deaths occurring in that Institution belonging to other Parishes have been included in those Parishes, and an allowance
made for the average number of inmates.