... The elections for the Legislative Council were held last Wednesday, and passed off withoutmuch excitement. The report that smallpox had broken out at: Sunday's River, -Natal has been officially con- tradicted. The diseaseiat shown itself at sevoral points ...

... Tuesday, the Premier declared that the Government had taken as the basis of its policy the withdrawal of the paper currency. Smallpox is said to be spreading rapidly among the Basutos, having been imported by natives returning from the Kuimberley diamond ...

... period list year, being an increase of }9'60 ?? nuisance inspector reported to the Health Committee that there had been six small-pox patients discharged from the ?? moving the adoption of the ninutes, Dr. O'Keeffe said they had the hospital tents cleared ...

... 112 resulted from scarlet fever, 100 from measles, 103 from whooping cough, 51 from fever,' 30 from diphtheria, 28 from smallpox, and 23 from diarrhoa. The lowest death-rates from these diseases last week occurred in Ports- mouth and Oldham; the highest ...

... enabled the guardians to grapple successfully with the epidemic of relaps- ing fever in 1869 and 1870; with the epidemic of smallpox in 1876 and 1877; and with the present epidemic of typhus, from which the township is now emerging. The committee are not ...

... enabled the guardians to grapple successfully with the epidemic of relapsing fever of 1869 and 1870, and the epidemic of small-pox in 1876 and 1877, and lastly with the epidemic of typhuesfrom which thetownehip was now emerging. The committee did not wrish ...

... deaths from diphtheria in the 28 towns included 15 in London, 6 in Leeds, 3 in Liverpool, and 2 both in Hoadcer-field and HulL Smallpox caused 7 deaths in 1irningham, 2 both in Birr.Ighn I and in London, and 1 in LiverpooL Tlv- sannnL rate of mortality from ...

... scarlet fever, 100 from measles, 61 from I fever, (principally enteric), 28 from diphtheria, 27 from diarrhoea, and 19 from smallpox. No death from any of these diseases was registered last week in Plymouth, whereas they caused the hiahest death-rates in ...

... Zymotic diseases occasioned 38 deaths, being a decrease of 21 on the averages. Of deaths from zymotic causes, 4- were due to smallpox (of which 3 were not vaccinated, and no information as to 1), being 1 above the average; 7 to measles, being 6 below the ...

... during ( the year was 2224. The number of out-patients I was 4115, being 595 more than in the previous year. On two occasions smallpox had been brought into the city, but these cses werer admitted auto the c fever hospital anld a probable epidemnic prevented ...

... inmates, against 343 last week, and 432 in the corresponding week of last year; the fever cases numbered 64, of which 63 were smallpox, against a total of 70 cases last week. ROYAL MAIL StrIEr.N MIVNsTRR.-This well- known steamer, built in 1859 for the City ...

... the wall to get a rapid pulsation. He was, how- c t i ever subseuneitly found to be suffering frm a mild attck n n . of small-pox, and bis previons abodes were being traced t ' s that they might be disinfected, Ra an outbreak of small- Dr pox was a very ...