... Bromwich for the reception and treatment in the West Brom wieh Hospital of persons in the Local Board district suffering from smallpox; and recommended the Board to direct the clerk to affix the seal of the Bonrd to the agreement. The report was ?? MEDICAL ...

... year. There had been one death from smallpox. sl During tice quarter the birthlrrte. was 3268, and tle TV death-rate 10 4B. 'There had been a few cases af scarlet fever A in the district, and one slight case of smallpox had been taken to al the Workbouse ...

... causes, but three necessita- ting coroner's inquests bad to be deducted, leaving 15 from disease. Thle number of cases of smallpox had decreased, 8 having occurred within the district, 5 of which were admitted into the hospital, leaving 3 out, which latter ...

... pas',t roItls, 44 1i)mg mtales and 37 femalee, giving ani adual rate of 17-0 per 1,000. Four deaths had resulted; fromu smallpox, 1 from scarlet-fever, 3 from diptheria, 2S from diarrhtea, 5 from diseases of the respiratory organss. 6 from phthisis, ...

... greatly increased the death-rate by infectious disease, which stands at 4 7, against a mean of 2-3 for the large towns. Small-pox was fatal in 2 cases, measles in 9, and diphtheria in 3. Scarlet fever only caused 26 deaths, and other fevers 2L Eight fatal ...

... cases of smallpox amougst those who had been vaccinated and revaccinated had increased. One person attached to a London hospital recently, stated before a House of Commoas committee that thirty-five years ago about fifty out of the hundrad smallpox cases ...

... -LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. DURHAM.-RIRAL SANITARY AuTuo{rOY.- The Medical Officer for the Durham Union (Dr. Blackett) reports. that smallpox is increasing at Tudhoe and Speniiymoor, there being at present about twenty cases. A very large number of people residing ...

... 154 Rate of mortality from zynotic diseses - - 15 Died aged 60 and npwarus - - - 12 Under one year old - 1- Of fever - 0 small-pox -- Scarlet fever - 1 Measles , - 0 Whooping cough - 0 Diarrhema 4 Diphtheria - - I Violence - ?? 7 Other causes ?? Inuest ...

... the 5 00ehiildu-en liho had not been vaccinated there were 7S2 deeaths from smallpox; amion the 8G1,000 children who had been vaccinated there were 125 deaths fromi smallpox. If the London childron under ten who were unvaccinated had had the protection ...

... ts suffering from scarlatina, one from enteric fever, and one from small-pox, had been admitted into the HospitaL Two patients who had suffered from scarlatina and two from small-pox had been discharged convalescent. There were now 11 patients under treatment ...

... registered, giving a death-rate of 239 per thousand T li haI been 4 deaths from zymotia diseases, 2 bein' smallpox. The births had numbered 35 T te o smallpox was practically at an end, only 5 fresh cot having been reported during the fortnight, 3 of whiA ' ...

... diseases being equal to an annual rate of 10 only, whereas the mean of the large towns is 2 3. One death was referred to small-pox, 3 to scarlet fever, 3 to other fevers, and 15 to whooping cough. It is very doubtful whether many other large towns can ...