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A diagram is also appended to show the weekly rise and fall of the general mortality rate for the Colony.
It will be seen that the general death rate is not so markedly affected by the incidence of plague as might be expected.
The following table showing the occurrence of plague since its first outbreak in the Colony is carried on for ease of reference, from last year's report.
Year Cases Year Cases 1894. * 1914... 2,146 1895... 5,000 1915. 144 1896... 1,204 1916. 39 1897.... 21 1917... 38 1898.... 1,320 1918... 266 1899... 1,486 1919.... 464 1900... 1,087 1920... 138 1901... 1,651 1921... 150 1902. 572 1922..... 1,181 1903.. 1,415 1904.... 510 1905... 272 1906... 893 1907.... 240 1908.... 1,073 1909 135 1910.... 25 1911. 269 1912... 1,857 1913.... 408*This is an estimate and is probably much too low.