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were respectively 433 and 454 cases no™~ *»■ idemic fot a bout another five years. 338 - *•» — «* - - w —™ Canterbury and none elsewhere. notified. ■ . Difhtherw. 3£ :: :: •■ g lttl : ;: " 22 " DiphZa was, fortunately, again a.jv. in 1910. The monthly return, show drier weather in early spring The first three of these were very wet cold months Wrt^ wie eyenl digtrlbuted the incidence declined. There was no tjjt escaped fairly well but among over town and country districts. ra £Zat, Mount Eden Borough especially suffering. continued pollution of the .oil near the houses has much influence in spreading Cambri dge Borough alone escaping Dr. Chesson (AVellington) reports :— year—viz., 322, as against 341. Only five The incidence of "ease 1S s l lg htly les \ Vellington City contributed deaths have been recorded-! -55 per cen Of the . d Palmerston North-contributing 143, other large centres-™., the ore mamer ove ,, the with inoZ. 1..*... fl.« month, of May .id S.pt.mb.r. Dr. Champtaloup (Otago) reports :- Kaikorai district of Roslyn, which was traced to An outbreak occurred durmg Apn and May in con^ derab l e difficulty a fatal case primarily diagnosed as owin to the insanitary condition of the area Enteric Fever. K;!Kf "throughout the district for the past five yea, are :- inn- • • 1-93 lylu • ' 04c l9or •• •• 3<n 1911 .. .. •■ 1908 •• •■ '■ 206 with. This is shown best as follows:— • 1910 . i 9U . Increase. City and suburban cases • • • • " 92 231 -139 Of we can attribute many to the m ijj-gg and KawhL Considerable epidenucs anu>ng Ma«™ n"r Eotorua in November and the autumn, while 11 se vere, some 35 cases being known while December. The outbreak at Ahipara was y , existence of the disease. other, had either die A SS and doubtless many others also occurred In the Northern Wairoa district 24 Native cases^ weIβ n , temporary hospitals of which we knew nothing. At both these fae wlth . whil6; agam . s*« ™^ ssibility of - ttins the Cilses t0 the