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CANTERBURY DISTRICT. Sir, — Department of Public Health, Christchurch, 25th May, 1908. I have the honour to submit to you the annual report of the Canterbury Health District for the year ending the 31st March, 1908. Infectious Disease. In Table No. 1 every case notified in every house has been counted; in the other tables only one case has been counted to each house when two or more have been notified from the same house.

Table No. 1. — Infectious Disease.

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