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-passed a day

too soon. The percentage

of deaths to population in the Colony -

was, Q. Ayres reports, higher than the

average of the past ten

years,

aud

this

percentage has ban steadily increasing

for

3.

the last five years.

there

Towards the end of the year

was a serious epidemic of Small

informed,

form

assumed a really epidemie It is to be hoped.

until last year.

that the strict carrying out of the n provisions of the Vaccination Ordinance will, if not altogether prevent, at least greatly reduce the chance of our -

experiencing auother similar

epidemic.

Pox. Consequent

が

this outbreak, The

H.

Vaccination Ordinance, 1888, was, paceed,

In connexion with this

abject( although not striethy in order,

and vaccination was

brought within _

seeing

that it does not,

not refer

to the period

I

the reach of all. No winter pacces

may in

mention that,

the Colony

106

here without the

-occurre

vee

of some

cares

of

small pox, but it never; I am

informed

under reviews & may.

about sixx wee ko a

threatened with

a go,

outbreak offholira.

an ou

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