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on the whole floor seems to them so unnecessarily particular that they have little scruple in taking any possible measures to avoid it.
The high percentage both of dumpings and of cases discovered after death in small-pox as compared with plague goes far to show that the disease is recognised and concealed; and the difficulty of dealing with it is therefore increased.
Action has been taken on the lines suggested by Mr. Brewin and in other directions. It is unfortunate that the unusual influx into the Colony should have given the infection a better chance of spreading, and at the same time have made it almost impossible to gauge the value of the preventive measures taken.
E. R. HALLIFAX,
Registrar General.